bounder

Other forms of bounder

plural

bounders·

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 bounder

What does bounder mean?

bounder means "someone who is morally reprehensible". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bounder?

bounder has 2 syllables: boun-der. The stress falls on "boun". In IPA it is /ˈbaʊndɚ/.

What is another word for bounder?

Close synonyms include cad, blackguard, dog, hound, heel. 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 bounder a common word?

bounder 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.