perish

Other forms of perish

past tense

perished·

present participle

perishing·

third person

perishes·

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 perish

What does perish mean?

perish means "pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life".

How many syllables are in perish?

perish has 2 syllables: per-ish. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹɪʃ/.

What is another word for perish?

Close synonyms include die, decease, go, exit, pass away. 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 perish a common word?

perish 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 perish?

1 word rhymes with perish. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.