browser

Other forms of browser

plural

browsers·

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 browser

What does browser mean?

browser means "a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in browser?

browser has 2 syllables: brow-ser. The stress falls on "brow". In IPA it is /ˈbɹaʊzɚ/.

What is another word for browser?

Close synonyms include web browser. 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 browser a common word?

browser 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.