veer

Other forms of veer

past tense

veered·

present participle

veering·

third person

veers·

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 veer

What does veer mean?

veer means "turn sharply; change direction abruptly". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in veer?

veer has 1 syllable: veer. In IPA it is /ˈvɪɹ/.

What is another word for veer?

Close synonyms include swerve, sheer, curve, trend, slue. 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.

What is the opposite of veer?

The recorded antonyms are back.

Is veer a common word?

veer 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 veer?

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