wench

Other forms of wench

plural

wenches·

past tense

wenched·

present participle

wenching·

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 wench

What does wench mean?

wench means "informal terms for a (young) woman". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wench?

wench has 1 syllable: wench. In IPA it is /ˈwɛntʃ/.

What is another word for wench?

Close synonyms include dame, doll, skirt, chick, bird. 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 wench a common word?

wench 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.