bearer

Other forms of bearer

plural

bearers·

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 bearer

What does bearer mean?

bearer means "someone whose employment involves carrying something". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bearer?

bearer has 2 syllables: bear-er. The stress falls on "bear". In IPA it is /ˈbɛɹɚ/.

What is another word for bearer?

Close synonyms include carrier, toter, pallbearer, holder. 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 bearer a common word?

bearer is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 bearer?

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