boatman

Other forms of boatman

plural

boatmans·

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 boatman

What does boatman mean?

boatman means "someone who drives or rides in a boat".

How many syllables are in boatman?

boatman has 2 syllables: boat-man. The stress falls on "boat". In IPA it is /ˈboʊtmən/.

What is another word for boatman?

Close synonyms include boater, waterman. 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 boatman a common word?

boatman 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.