sinew

Other forms of sinew

plural

sinews·

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 sinew

What does sinew mean?

sinew means "a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sinew?

sinew has 2 syllables: si-new. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for sinew?

Close synonyms include tendon, brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity. 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 sinew a common word?

sinew 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.