rob

Other forms of rob

past tense or participle

robbed

present participle

robbing

third person

robs·

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 rob

What does rob mean?

rob means "take something away by force or without the consent of the owner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rob?

rob has 1 syllable: rob. In IPA it is /ˈɹɑb/.

What is another word for rob?

Close synonyms include overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece. 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 rob a common word?

rob is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.