mil

Other forms of mil

plural

mils·

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 mil

What does mil mean?

mil means "a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mil?

mil has 1 syllable: mil. In IPA it is /ˈmɪl/.

What is another word for mil?

Close synonyms include mile, Swedish mile, milliliter, millilitre, ml. 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 mil a common word?

mil 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 mil?

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