ransom

Other forms of ransom

plural

ransoms·

past tense

ransommed·

present participle

ransomming·

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 ransom

What does ransom mean?

ransom means "money demanded for the return of a captured person". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ransom?

ransom has 2 syllables: ran-som. The stress falls on "ran". In IPA it is /ˈɹænsəm/.

What is another word for ransom?

Close synonyms include ransom money, redeem. 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 ransom a common word?

ransom 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.