scum

Other forms of scum

plural

scums·

past tense or participle

scummed

present participle

scumming

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 scum

What does scum mean?

scum means "worthless people". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scum?

scum has 1 syllable: scum. In IPA it is /ˈskʌm/.

What is another word for scum?

Close synonyms include trash. 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 scum a common word?

scum 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.