shrew

Other forms of shrew

plural

shrews·

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 shrew

What does shrew mean?

shrew means "a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shrew?

shrew has 1 syllable: shrew.

What is another word for shrew?

Close synonyms include termagant, shrewmouse. 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 shrew a common word?

shrew 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.