defector

Questions about defector

What does defector mean?

defector means "a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)".

How many syllables are in defector?

defector has 3 syllables: de-fec-tor. The stress falls on "fec". In IPA it is /dɪˈfɛktɚ/.

What is another word for defector?

Close synonyms include deserter. 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 defector a common word?

defector 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.

What rhymes with defector?

1 word rhymes with defector. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.