gnar
/nɑː(ɹ)/verb, adjective, noun
gnar is spelled G-N-A-R: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, gnar means “To snarl or growl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gnar?
| Letters | 4: G-N-A-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gnar?
Gnar appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gnar?
- /nɑː(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-gnar.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gnar?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gnar.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rang, gran, garn.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gnar
- gnars present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- gnarring participle, present
- gnarred participle, past
- gnarr
- gnarl
- knar
- narr
- more gnar comparative
- most gnar superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gnar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To snarl or growl.
adjective
- 1
slangGnarly.
noun
- 1
slangSnow or an ocean wave.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gnar come from?
Inherited from Old English gnyrran.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).