snore

Other forms of snore

plural

snores·

past tense

snored·

present participle

snoring·

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 snore

What does snore mean?

snore means "the rattling noise produced when snoring". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in snore?

snore has 1 syllable: snore. In IPA it is /ˈsnɔɹ/.

What is another word for snore?

Close synonyms include snoring, stertor, saw wood, saw logs. 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 snore a common word?

snore 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.