adjuster

1. 1.

   one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement

   Synonymsadjustorclaims adjusterclaims adjustorclaim agent

   Broaderinvestigator

Other forms of adjuster

plural

adjusters·

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 adjuster

What does adjuster mean?

adjuster means "one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement".

How many syllables are in adjuster?

adjuster has 3 syllables: ad-jus-ter. The stress falls on "jus". In IPA it is /əˈdʒʌstɚ/.

What is another word for adjuster?

Close synonyms include adjustor, claims adjuster, claims adjustor, claim agent. 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 adjuster a common word?

adjuster 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.