wig

Other forms of wig

plural

wigs·

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 wig

What does wig mean?

wig means "hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wig?

wig has 1 syllable: wig. In IPA it is /ˈwɪɡ/.

What is another word for wig?

Close synonyms include wigging. 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 wig a common word?

wig 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 wig?

1 word rhymes with wig. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.