demurrer

Other forms of demurrer

plural

demurrers·

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 demurrer

What does demurrer mean?

demurrer means "(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in demurrer?

demurrer has 3 syllables: de-mur-rer. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for demurrer?

Close synonyms include demur, demurral, defense, defence, denial. 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 demurrer a common word?

demurrer 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.