massage

Other forms of massage

plural

massages·

past tense

massaged·

present participle

massaging·

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 massage

What does massage mean?

massage means "manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in massage?

massage has 2 syllables: mas-sage. The stress falls on "sage". In IPA it is /məˈsɑʒ/.

What is another word for massage?

Close synonyms include rub down, knead. 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 massage a common word?

massage 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 massage?

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