crier

Other forms of crier

plural

criers·

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 crier

What does crier mean?

crier means "a person who weeps". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crier?

crier has 2 syllables: cri-er. The stress falls on "cri". In IPA it is /ˈkɹaɪɚ/.

What is another word for crier?

Close synonyms include weeper, town crier. 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 crier a common word?

crier 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.