siege

Other forms of siege

plural

sieges·

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 siege

What does siege mean?

siege means "the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack".

How many syllables are in siege?

siege has 1 syllable: siege. In IPA it is /ˈsidʒ/.

What is another word for siege?

Close synonyms include besieging, beleaguering, military blockade. 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 siege a common word?

siege 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 siege?

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