threat

Other forms of threat

plural

threats·

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 threat

What does threat mean?

threat means "something that is a source of danger". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in threat?

threat has 1 syllable: threat. In IPA it is /ˈθɹɛt/.

What is another word for threat?

Close synonyms include menace, terror, scourge. 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 threat a common word?

threat 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.