checker

1. 1.

   mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on

   Synonymscheckchequer

   Broaderdraw
2. 2.

   variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

   Synonymschequer

   Broadervary

Other forms of checker

plural

checkers·

past tense

checkerred·

present participle

checkerring·

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 checker

What does checker mean?

checker means "an attendant who checks coats or baggage". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in checker?

checker has 2 syllables: chec-ker. The stress falls on "chec". In IPA it is /ˈtʃɛkɚ/.

What is another word for checker?

Close synonyms include chequer, check, chequer, chequer. 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 checker a common word?

checker 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.

What rhymes with checker?

1 word rhymes with checker. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.