drier

Other forms of drier

plural

driers·

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 drier

What does drier mean?

drier means "a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in drier?

drier has 2 syllables: dri-er. The stress falls on "dri". In IPA it is /ˈdɹaɪɚ/.

What is another word for drier?

Close synonyms include desiccant, drying agent, siccative, dryer. 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 drier a common word?

drier 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 drier?

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