equaliser

Other forms of equaliser

plural

equalisers·

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 equaliser

What does equaliser mean?

equaliser means "electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in equaliser?

equaliser has 4 syllables: eq-ua-li-ser. The stress falls on "ua".

What is another word for equaliser?

Close synonyms include equalizer, counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance. 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 equaliser a common word?

equaliser 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.