counterperson

1. 1.

   someone who attends a counter (as in a diner)

   Synonymscounterwomancounterman

   Broaderwaiter

   Narrowersoda jerk

Other forms of counterperson

plural

counterpersons·

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 counterperson

What does counterperson mean?

counterperson means "someone who attends a counter (as in a diner)".

How many syllables are in counterperson?

counterperson has 4 syllables: coun-ter-per-son. The stress falls on "ter".

What is another word for counterperson?

Close synonyms include counterwoman, counterman. 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 counterperson a common word?

counterperson 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.