thigh

Other forms of thigh

plural

thighs·

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 thigh

What does thigh mean?

thigh means "the part of the leg between the hip and the knee". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thigh?

thigh has 1 syllable: thigh. In IPA it is /ˈθaɪ/.

What is another word for thigh?

Close synonyms include second joint. 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 thigh a common word?

thigh 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.