descriptor

Other forms of descriptor

plural

descriptors·

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 descriptor

What does descriptor mean?

descriptor means "the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in descriptor?

descriptor has 3 syllables: de-scrip-tor. The stress falls on "scrip". In IPA it is /dɪˈskɹɪpˌtɝ/.

What is another word for descriptor?

Close synonyms include form, word form, signifier. 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 descriptor a common word?

descriptor 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.

What rhymes with descriptor?

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