raze

Other forms of raze

past tense

razed·

present participle

razing·

third person

razes·

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 raze

What does raze mean?

raze means "tear down so as to make flat with the ground".

How many syllables are in raze?

raze has 1 syllable: raze. In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪz/.

What is another word for raze?

Close synonyms include level, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down. 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 raze a common word?

raze is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 raze?

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