sass

Other forms of sass

plural

sasses·

past tense

sassed·

present participle

sassing·

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 sass

What does sass mean?

sass means "an impudent or insolent rejoinder". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sass?

sass has 1 syllable: sass. In IPA it is /ˈsæs/.

What is another word for sass?

Close synonyms include sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth. 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 sass a common word?

sass 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.

What rhymes with sass?

1 word rhymes with sass. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.