appraiser

1. 1.

   one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things

   Synonymsvaluator

   Broaderevaluator

   Narrowervaluer
2. 2.

   one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity

   Synonymsauthenticator

   Broadercritic

   art

Other forms of appraiser

plural

appraisers·

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 appraiser

What does appraiser mean?

appraiser means "one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in appraiser?

appraiser has 3 syllables: ap-prai-ser. The stress falls on "prai". In IPA it is /əˈpɹeɪzɚ/.

What is another word for appraiser?

Close synonyms include valuator, authenticator. 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 appraiser a common word?

appraiser 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.