bowler

Other forms of bowler

plural

bowlers·

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 bowler

What does bowler mean?

bowler means "a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bowler?

bowler has 2 syllables: bow-ler. The stress falls on "bow". In IPA it is /ˈboʊlɚ/.

What is another word for bowler?

Close synonyms include bowler hat, derby hat, derby, plug hat. 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 bowler a common word?

bowler 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.