sin

1. 1.

   commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

   Synonymstransgresstrespass

   Broadertransgress

   Narrowerfall
2. 2.

   commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

   “I blundered during the job interview”

   Synonymsdrop the ballblunderboobgoof

   Broadertransgress

Other forms of sin

plural

sins·

past tense or participle

sinned

present participle

sinning

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 sin

What does sin mean?

sin means "estrangement from god". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sin?

sin has 1 syllable: sin. In IPA it is /ˈsɪn/.

What is another word for sin?

Close synonyms include sinfulness, wickedness, sinning, sine, transgress. 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 sin a common word?

sin 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.

What rhymes with sin?

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