tow

Other forms of tow

plural

tows·

past tense

towed·

present participle

towing·

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 tow

What does tow mean?

tow means "the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tow?

tow has 1 syllable: tow. In IPA it is /ˈtoʊ/.

What is another word for tow?

Close synonyms include towage. 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 tow a common word?

tow 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 tow?

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