transgress

Other forms of transgress

past tense

transgressed·

present participle

transgressing·

third person

transgresses·

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 transgress

What does transgress mean?

transgress means "act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in transgress?

transgress has 2 syllables: trans-gress. The stress falls on "gress". In IPA it is /tɹænzˈɡɹɛs/.

What is another word for transgress?

Close synonyms include offend, infract, violate, go against, breach. 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 transgress a common word?

transgress is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 transgress?

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