thorn

Other forms of thorn

plural

thorns·

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 thorn

What does thorn mean?

thorn means "something that causes irritation and annoyance". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thorn?

thorn has 1 syllable: thorn. In IPA it is /ˈθɔɹn/.

What is another word for thorn?

Close synonyms include irritant, spine, prickle, pricker, sticker. 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 thorn a common word?

thorn 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.

What rhymes with thorn?

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