explorer

Other forms of explorer

plural

explorers·

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 explorer

What does explorer mean?

explorer means "someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in explorer?

explorer has 3 syllables: ex-plo-rer. The stress falls on "plo". In IPA it is /ɪkˈsplɔɹɚ/.

What is another word for explorer?

Close synonyms include adventurer, Internet Explorer, IE. 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 explorer a common word?

explorer 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.