What does also-ran mean?

also-ran means "a contestant who loses the contest".

How many syllables are in also-ran?

also-ran has 3 syllables and divides as al-so--ran under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for also-ran?

Close synonyms include loser. 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 also-ran a common word?

also-ran is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Also-ran — meaning and 1 synonym

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a contestant who loses the contest
Synonymsloser
Broadercontestant
Narrowerold maid

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What does also-ran mean?: also-ran means "a contestant who loses the contest".
How many syllables are in also-ran?: also-ran has 3 syllables and divides as al-so--ran under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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