renew

Other forms of renew

past tense

renewed·

present participle

renewing·

third person

renews·

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 renew

What does renew mean?

renew means "reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in renew?

renew has 2 syllables: re-new. The stress falls on "new". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈnu/.

What is another word for renew?

Close synonyms include regenerate, reincarnate. 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 renew a common word?

renew 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 renew?

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