mg

Other forms of mg

plural

mgs·

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 mg

What does mg mean?

mg means "one thousandth (1/1,000) gram". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mg?

mg has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌɛmˈɡi/.

What is another word for mg?

Close synonyms include milligram, magnesium, atomic number 12. 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 mg a common word?

mg 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 mg?

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