computer

Other forms of computer

plural

computers·

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 computer

What does computer mean?

computer means "a machine for performing calculations automatically". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in computer?

computer has 3 syllables: com-pu-ter. The stress falls on "pu". In IPA it is /kəmˈpjutɚ/.

What is another word for computer?

Close synonyms include computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system. 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 computer a common word?

computer is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. 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 computer?

4 words rhyme with computer. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.