sheik

Other forms of sheik

plural

sheiks·

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 sheik

What does sheik mean?

sheik means "the leader of an Arab village or family". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sheik?

sheik has 1 syllable: sheik. In IPA it is /ˈʃik/.

What is another word for sheik?

Close synonyms include tribal sheik, sheikh, tribal sheikh, Arab chief, dandy. 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 sheik a common word?

sheik is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 sheik?

2 words rhyme with sheik. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.