tub

Other forms of tub

plural

tubs·

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 tub

What does tub mean?

tub means "a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tub?

tub has 1 syllable: tub. In IPA it is /ˈtʌb/.

What is another word for tub?

Close synonyms include bathtub, bathing tub, vat, tubful. 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 tub a common word?

tub 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.

What rhymes with tub?

1 word rhymes with tub. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.