repel

Other forms of repel

past tense or participle

repelled

present participle

repelling

third person

repels·

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 repel

What does repel mean?

repel means "cause to move back by force or influence". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in repel?

repel has 2 syllables: re-pel. The stress falls on "pel". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈpɛl/.

What is another word for repel?

Close synonyms include drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back. 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.

What is the opposite of repel?

The recorded antonyms are attract, attract.

Is repel a common word?

repel 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 repel?

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