marines

Other forms of marines

plural

marineses·

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 marines

What does marines mean?

marines means "an amphibious division of the United States Navy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in marines?

marines has 2 syllables: mari-nes. The stress falls on "nes". In IPA it is /mɚˈinz/.

What is another word for marines?

Close synonyms include United States Marine Corps, United States Marines, Marine Corps, US Marine Corps, USMC. 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 marines a common word?

marines 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 marines?

1 word rhymes with marines. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.