scar

1. 1.

   mark with a scar

   “The skin disease scarred his face permanently”

   Synonymsmarkpockpit

   Broaderdeface

   Narrowerpockmarkcicatrize

Other forms of scar

plural

scars·

past tense or participle

scarred

present participle

scarring

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 scar

What does scar mean?

scar means "a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scar?

scar has 1 syllable: scar. In IPA it is /ˈskɑɹ/.

What is another word for scar?

Close synonyms include cicatrix, cicatrice, scratch, scrape, mark. 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 scar a common word?

scar 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.

What rhymes with scar?

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