neigh

Other forms of neigh

plural

neighs·

past tense

neighed·

present participle

neighing·

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 neigh

What does neigh mean?

neigh means "the characteristic sounds made by a horse". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in neigh?

neigh has 1 syllable: neigh. In IPA it is /ˈneɪ/.

What is another word for neigh?

Close synonyms include nicker, whicker, whinny, nicker, whicker. 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 neigh a common word?

neigh is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 neigh?

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