rile

Other forms of rile

past tense

riled·

present participle

riling·

third person

riles·

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 rile

What does rile mean?

rile means "cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rile?

rile has 1 syllable: rile. In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪl/.

What is another word for rile?

Close synonyms include annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at. 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 rile a common word?

rile 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.