abductor

Other forms of abductor

plural

abductors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abductor

What does abductor mean?

abductor means "someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abductor?

abductor has 3 syllables: ab-duc-tor. The stress falls on "duc". In IPA it is /æbˈdʌktɚ/.

What is another word for abductor?

Close synonyms include kidnapper, kidnaper, snatcher, abductor muscle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abductor a common word?

abductor is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with abductor?

3 words rhyme with abductor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.