baulker

Questions about baulker

What does baulker mean?

baulker means "a person who refuses to comply".

How many syllables are in baulker?

baulker has 2 syllables and divides as baul-ker 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 baulker?

Close synonyms include balker, noncompliant. 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 baulker a common word?

baulker 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.