maid

Other forms of maid

plural

maids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about maid

What does maid mean?

maid means "a female domestic". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in maid?

maid has 1 syllable: maid. In IPA it is /ˈmeɪd/.

What is another word for maid?

Close synonyms include maidservant, housemaid, amah, maiden. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maid a common word?

maid is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with maid?

7 words rhyme with maid. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.