employer

Questions about employer

What does employer mean?

employer means "a person or firm that employs workers".

How many syllables are in employer?

employer has 3 syllables: em-plo-yer. The stress falls on "plo". In IPA it is /ɛmˈplɔɪɚ/.

What is the opposite of employer?

The recorded antonyms are employee.

Is employer a common word?

employer 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.