deserter

Other forms of deserter

plural

deserters·

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 deserter

What does deserter mean?

deserter means "a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deserter?

deserter has 3 syllables: des-er-ter. The stress falls on "des". In IPA it is /ˈdɛzɚtɚ/.

What is another word for deserter?

Close synonyms include apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter. 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 deserter a common word?

deserter is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.