shire

Questions about shire

What does shire mean?

shire means "a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shire?

shire has 1 syllable: shire. In IPA it is /ˈʃaɪɹ/.

What is another word for shire?

Close synonyms include shire horse. 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 shire a common word?

shire 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 shire?

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