smite

Other forms of smite

past tense or participle

smit

past tense or participle

smitten

past tense or participle

smote

present participle

smiting·

third person

smites·

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 smite

What does smite mean?

smite means "inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in smite?

smite has 1 syllable: smite.

What is another word for smite?

Close synonyms include afflict. 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 smite a common word?

smite 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.