clincher

Other forms of clincher

plural

clinchers·

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 clincher

What does clincher mean?

clincher means "an argument that is conclusive". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clincher?

clincher has 2 syllables: clin-cher. The stress falls on "clin". In IPA it is /ˈklɪntʃɚ/.

What is another word for clincher?

Close synonyms include determiner, determining factor, decisive factor. 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 clincher a common word?

clincher 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.