whale

1. 1.

   hunt for whales

   Broaderhunt

Other forms of whale

plural

whales·

past tense

whaled·

present participle

whaling·

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 whale

What does whale mean?

whale means "a very large person; impressive in size or qualities". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in whale?

whale has 1 syllable: whale. In IPA it is /ˈweɪl/.

What is another word for whale?

Close synonyms include giant, hulk, heavyweight. 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 whale a common word?

whale 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 whale?

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