Word.ws English Dictionary

prows

/pɹaʊz/

prows is the plural of prow.

Meaning of prow

Noun

prow (plural prows)

  1. The front part of a vessel.
    • The floating vessel swum / Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow / rode tilting o'er the waves.1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost
    Synonyms:
    bow, stem, fore, forestem, prore
    Antonyms:
    stern, aft, poop
  2. A vessel.

See all 4 meanings of prow

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Prows

Prows (plural Prowses)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Prows

Prows

  1. (plural) plural of Prow

Forms of prows

pluralProwses

Origin of prows

Variant of Prowse.

Words that rhyme with prows

20 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about prows

What does prows mean?
Prows means a surname.
What is prows the plural of?
Prows is the plural of prow.
What part of speech is prows?
Prows is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce prows?
Prows is pronounced /pɹaʊz/.

Words near prows in the dictionary

  1. prowly
  2. prowoman
  3. proword
  4. prowords
  5. proworker
  6. prows
  7. Prowse
  8. Prowses
  9. Prowseton
  10. prox
  11. prox-

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: prows (page history and authors); Prows (page history and authors); prow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “prows.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/prows. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.