tent means "a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tent?

tent has 1 syllable: tent. In IPA it is /ˈtɛnt/.

What is another word for tent?

Close synonyms include collapsible shelter, camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac. 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 tent a common word?

tent 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 tent?

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

tent — meaning, pronunciation and 3 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
“he pitched his tent near the creek”
Synonymscollapsible shelter
Broadershelter
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Partsguy
2.
a web that resembles a tent or carpet
Broaderweb

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
live in or as if in a tent
“Can we go camping again this summer?”
“The circus tented near the town”
“The houseguests had to camp in the living room”
Synonymscamp encamp camp out bivouac
Broaderpopulate

Other forms of tent

plural: tents·
past tense: tented·
present participle: tenting·

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 tent

What does tent mean?: tent means "a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in tent?: tent has 1 syllable: tent. In IPA it is /ˈtɛnt/.
What is another word for tent?: Close synonyms include collapsible shelter, camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac. 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 tent a common word?: tent 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 tent?: 3 words rhyme with tent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
“he pitched his tent near the creek”
Synonymscollapsible shelter
Broadershelter
Narrowerbackpacking tent bell tent cabana canvas tent cottage tent fly tent lean-to tent mountain tent pavilion pop tent
Partsguy
2.
a web that resembles a tent or carpet
Broaderweb

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
live in or as if in a tent
“Can we go camping again this summer?”
“The circus tented near the town”
“The houseguests had to camp in the living room”
Synonymscamp encamp camp out bivouac
Broaderpopulate

Other forms of tent

plural: tents·
past tense: tented·
present participle: tenting·

Questions about tent

What does tent mean?: tent means "a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in tent?: tent has 1 syllable: tent. In IPA it is /ˈtɛnt/.
What is another word for tent?: Close synonyms include collapsible shelter, camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac. 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 tent a common word?: tent 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 tent?: 3 words rhyme with tent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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