wain

Other forms of wain

plural

wains·

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 wain

What does wain mean?

wain means "English writer (1925-1994)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wain?

wain has 1 syllable: wain. In IPA it is /ˈweɪn/.

What is another word for wain?

Close synonyms include John Wain, John Barrington Wain, Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough. 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 wain a common word?

wain is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 wain?

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