pierce

1. 1.

   14th President of the United States (1804-1869)

   SynonymsFranklin PiercePresident Pierce

   BroaderPresident of the United States

Other forms of pierce

plural

pierces·

past tense

pierced·

present participle

piercing·

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 pierce

What does pierce mean?

pierce means "cut or make a way through". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pierce?

pierce has 1 syllable: pierce. In IPA it is /ˈpɪɹs/.

What is another word for pierce?

Close synonyms include thrust, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce. 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 pierce a common word?

pierce 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 pierce?

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