paine

Other forms of paine

plural

paines·

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 paine

What does paine mean?

paine means "American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in paine?

paine has 1 syllable: paine. In IPA it is /ˈpeɪn/.

What is another word for paine?

Close synonyms include Robert Treat Paine, Tom Paine, Thomas Paine. 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 paine a common word?

paine 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 paine?

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