willow

Other forms of willow

plural

willows·

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 willow

What does willow mean?

willow means "any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in willow?

willow has 2 syllables: wil-low. The stress falls on "wil". In IPA it is /ˈwɪˌloʊ/.

What is another word for willow?

Close synonyms include willow tree. 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 willow a common word?

willow 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 willow?

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