august: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 7 letter points · starts with A · ends with T
Meaning of august
adj
Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
Example: an august patron of the arts
Of noble birth.
Example: an august lineage
Listed forms: auguster, augustest.
Source: Wiktionary — august.
verb
- obsolete, rare
To make ripe; ripen.
- obsolete, rare
To bring to realization.
Listed forms: augusts, augusting, augusted.
Source: Wiktionary — august.
noun
- alt-of, alternative
Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”).
Base or related entry: auguste.
Listed forms: augusts.
Source: Wiktionary — august.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for august.
adjective
of or befitting a lord
adjective
profoundly honored
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is august in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of august
A(1) + U(1) + G(2) + U(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of august
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from august
21 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in august. Showing up to 24, longest first.