thieve

Questions about thieve

What does thieve mean?

thieve means "take by theft".

How many syllables are in thieve?

thieve has 1 syllable: thieve. In IPA it is /ˈθiv/.

What is another word for thieve?

Close synonyms include hook, snitch, cop, knock off, glom. 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 thieve a common word?

thieve 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.