how's

/haʊz/Northumbria/huːz/

A form of how — To what degree or extent.

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Meanings

contraction
  1. abbreviationcontractionContraction of how + is.
  2. abbreviationcontractionContraction of how + are.

    How’s things

    Synonyms: how're

  3. abbreviationcontractionContraction of how + has.
  4. abbreviationcontractionContraction of how + does.

    How’s that work?

noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of hows (plural of how).

    I was never able to stop the search for the why's and how's of something so senseless as the arms race.

    1977, Alva Myrdal, The Game of Disarmament: How the United States and Russia Run the Arms Race, A Personal Note (foreword), page xxiii

Synonyms & antonyms

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with how's

housebrowsemousespouseblouserousearouseespousedowsdowsecarousedrowseprowsunblouse
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Sounds the same

house (verb, in some dialects)house (verb, in some dialects)
Cite this entry
APA

how's. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/how's

MLA

“how's.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/how's. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “how's,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/how's.

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