bomber

Other forms of bomber

plural

bombers·

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 bomber

What does bomber mean?

bomber means "a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bomber?

bomber has 2 syllables: bom-ber. The stress falls on "bom". In IPA it is /ˈbɑmɚ/.

What is another word for bomber?

Close synonyms include grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy. 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 bomber a common word?

bomber is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.