skew

Other forms of skew

past tense

skewed·

present participle

skewing·

third person

skews·

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 skew

What does skew mean?

skew means "turn or place at an angle". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skew?

skew has 1 syllable: skew. In IPA it is /ˈskju/.

What is another word for skew?

Close synonyms include skewed. 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.

What is the opposite of skew?

The recorded antonyms are align.

Is skew a common word?

skew 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 skew?

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