ogre

Other forms of ogre

plural

ogres·

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 ogre

What does ogre mean?

ogre means "a cruel wicked and inhuman person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ogre?

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

What is another word for ogre?

Close synonyms include monster, fiend, devil, demon. 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 ogre a common word?

ogre 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.