tae kwon do

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   a Korean martial art similar to karate

   Synonymstaekwondo

   Broadermartial art

Questions about tae kwon do

What does tae kwon do mean?

tae kwon do means "a Korean martial art similar to karate".

What is another word for tae kwon do?

Close synonyms include taekwondo. 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 tae kwon do a common word?

tae kwon do 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.