rhea

Other forms of rhea

plural

rheas·

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 rhea

What does rhea mean?

rhea means "fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rhea?

rhea has 2 syllables: rhe-a. The stress falls on "rhe". In IPA it is /ˈɹiə/.

What is another word for rhea?

Close synonyms include nandu, Pterocnemia pennata, Rhea americana. 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 rhea a common word?

rhea 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 rhea?

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