rem

Other forms of rem

plural

rems·

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 rem

What does rem mean?

rem means "a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rem?

rem has 1 syllable: rem. In IPA it is /ˈɹɛm/.

What is another word for rem?

Close synonyms include paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement. 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 rem a common word?

rem 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.