Due definition

Due as an adjective

1. owed and payable immediately or on demand

   "payment is due"

2. scheduled to arrive

   "the train is due in 15 minutes"

3. suitable to or expected in the circumstances

   "all due respect"

4. capable of being assigned or credited to

   "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"

   Same sense: referable, imputable, ascribable

Due as a noun

5. that which is deserved or owed

   "give the devil his due"

6. a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)

   "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues"

Due as an adverb

7. directly or exactly; straight

   "went due North"

Synonyms and antonyms

• referable
• imputable
• ascribable

Opposite: undue.

All synonyms of due, sense by sense

How to say due

Due has 1 syllable and rhymes with to. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with due

• to
• you
• do
• who
• new
• two
• too
• through
• few
• true
• knew
• view

DUE in word games

Scrabble

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Words With Friends

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Anagrams

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