pale

1. 1.

   a wooden strip forming part of a fence

   Synonymspicket

   Broaderstrip

   Part ofpicket fence

1. 1.

   turn pale, as if in fear

   Synonymsblanchblench

   Broaderdiscolor

Other forms of pale

plural

pales·

past tense

paled·

present participle

paling·

comparative

paler·

superlative

palest·

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 pale

What does pale mean?

pale means "very light colored; highly diluted with white". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pale?

pale has 1 syllable: pale. In IPA it is /ˈpeɪl/.

What is another word for pale?

Close synonyms include pallid, wan, sick, pallid, pallid. 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 pale a common word?

pale is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 pale?

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