soothe

Other forms of soothe

past tense

soothed·

present participle

soothing·

third person

soothes·

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 soothe

What does soothe mean?

soothe means "give moral or emotional strength to". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in soothe?

soothe has 1 syllable: soothe. In IPA it is /ˈsuð/.

What is another word for soothe?

Close synonyms include comfort, console, solace. 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 soothe?

The recorded antonyms are irritate.

Is soothe a common word?

soothe 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.