cobbler

Other forms of cobbler

plural

cobblers·

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 cobbler

What does cobbler mean?

cobbler means "a person who makes or repairs shoes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cobbler?

cobbler has 2 syllables: cob-bler. The stress falls on "cob". In IPA it is /ˈkɑblɚ/.

What is another word for cobbler?

Close synonyms include shoemaker, deep-dish pie. 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 cobbler a common word?

cobbler 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.