mead

Other forms of mead

plural

meads·

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 mead

What does mead mean?

mead means "United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mead?

mead has 1 syllable: mead. In IPA it is /ˈmid/.

What is another word for mead?

Close synonyms include Margaret Mead, George Herbert Mead. 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 mead a common word?

mead is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 mead?

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