Meanings
aren't1
aren't2
verb
- colloquialA contraction of “am not”, used e.g. in the construction "aren’t I?"
Aren’t I supposed to tell you how I feel?
2008 July 1, “Falling in Love”, in The Secret Life of the American Teenager, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Ricky Underwood (Daren Kagasoff)1 more example
I’m a nasty-tempered dog if any one tries to take my bone away; aren’t I, my sons?
1904, George Manville Fenn, To Win Or To Die: A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze
Synonyms & antonyms
verbare not (negative auxiliary)
Similar
ain’t
Opposite
Opposite
Origin
aren't · verb
- Proto-Germanic*arun?
- Old Englishearon
- Middle Englisharen
- Englishare
- Englishn’t
- Englisharen't
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with aren't
All rhymes →Sounds the same
aunt (some non-rhotic dialects)aunt (some non-rhotic dialects)
Cite this entry
APA
aren't. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aren't
MLA
“aren't.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aren't. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aren't,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aren't.
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