twig

1. 1.

   a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

   Synonymsbranchletsprig

   Broaderbranch

   Narrowerbrierwandwithe

Other forms of twig

plural

twigs·

past tense or participle

twigged

present participle

twigging

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 twig

What does twig mean?

twig means "branch out in a twiglike manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twig?

twig has 1 syllable: twig. In IPA it is /ˈtwɪɡ/.

What is another word for twig?

Close synonyms include catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on. 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 twig a common word?

twig 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.