sue

Other forms of sue

plural

sues·

past tense

sued·

present participle

suing·

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 sue

What does sue mean?

sue means "French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sue?

sue has 1 syllable: sue. In IPA it is /ˈsu/.

What is another word for sue?

Close synonyms include Eugene Sue, action, litigate, process. 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 sue a common word?

sue is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 sue?

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