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Born definition

Born is an adjective meaning "brought into existence." It has 2 meanings, listed below with example sentences.

Part of speech
adjective
Syllables
1
Letters
4
How common
Everyday word

Born as an adjective

  1. brought into existence

    "he was a child born of adultery"

  2. being talented through inherited qualities

    "a born musician"

    Same sense: natural, innate

Synonyms and antonyms

Opposite: unborn.

How to say born

Born has 1 syllable and rhymes with worn. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with born

All 39 words that rhyme with born

BORN in word games

Scrabble
6
Words With Friends
8
Anagrams
0

Is BORN a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check BORN in the word checker, or unscramble BORN to see the shorter words in its letters.

Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.