succor

Other forms of succor

plural

succors·

past tense

succorred·

present participle

succorring·

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 succor

What does succor mean?

succor means "assistance in time of difficulty". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in succor?

succor has 2 syllables: suc-cor. The stress falls on "suc". In IPA it is /ˈsʌkɚ/.

What is another word for succor?

Close synonyms include relief, succour, ministration, succour. 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 succor a common word?

succor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 succor?

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