raf

Other forms of raf

plural

rafs·

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 raf

What does raf mean?

raf means "the airforce of Great Britain". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in raf?

raf has 1 syllable: raf. In IPA it is /ˈɹæf/.

What is another word for raf?

Close synonyms include Royal Air Force, Red Army Faction. 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 raf a common word?

raf 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 raf?

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