chequer

Other forms of chequer

plural

chequers·

past tense

chequered·

present participle

chequering·

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 chequer

What does chequer mean?

chequer means "mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chequer?

chequer has 2 syllables: cheq-uer. The stress falls on "uer".

What is another word for chequer?

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

chequer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.