mere

Other forms of mere

plural

meres·

comparative

merer·

superlative

merest·

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 mere

What does mere mean?

mere means "being nothing more than specified". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mere?

mere has 1 syllable: mere. In IPA it is /ˈmɪɹ/.

What is another word for mere?

Close synonyms include bare, simple. 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 mere a common word?

mere 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 mere?

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