moan

Other forms of moan

plural

moans·

past tense

moaned·

present participle

moaning·

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 moan

What does moan mean?

moan means "an utterance expressing pain or disapproval". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in moan?

moan has 1 syllable: moan. In IPA it is /ˈmoʊn/.

What is another word for moan?

Close synonyms include groan, groan. 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 moan a common word?

moan 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 moan?

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