taft

Other forms of taft

plural

tafts·

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 taft

What does taft mean?

taft means "United States sculptor (1860-1936)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in taft?

taft has 1 syllable: taft. In IPA it is /ˈtæft/.

What is another word for taft?

Close synonyms include Lorado Taft, William Howard Taft, President Taft. 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 taft a common word?

taft 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.