marine

1. 1.

   a member of the United States Marine Corps

   Synonymsdevil dogleatherneckshipboard soldier

   Broaderserviceman

   Part ofUnited States Marine Corps

   military

2. 2.

   a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land

   Broadersoldier

Other forms of marine

plural

marines·

comparative

mariner·

superlative

marinest·

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 marine

What does marine mean?

marine means "of or relating to the sea". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in marine?

marine has 2 syllables: ma-rine. The stress falls on "rine". In IPA it is /mɚˈin/.

What is another word for marine?

Close synonyms include nautical, maritime, devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier. 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 marine a common word?

marine 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 marine?

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