sprig

Other forms of sprig

plural

sprigs·

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 sprig

What does sprig mean?

sprig means "a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sprig?

sprig has 1 syllable: sprig.

What is another word for sprig?

Close synonyms include branchlet, twig. 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 sprig a common word?

sprig 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.