feeler

1. 1.

   one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste

   Synonymsantenna

   Broadertentacle
2. 2.

   a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

   “she rejected his advances”

   Synonymsovertureadvanceapproach

   Broadersuggestion
3. 3.

   sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ

   “he had a special antenna for public relations”

   Synonymsantenna

   Broadersensitivity
4. 4.

   slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish

   Synonymsbarbel

   Broadertentacle

Other forms of feeler

plural

feelers·

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 feeler

What does feeler mean?

feeler means "one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in feeler?

feeler has 2 syllables: fee-ler. The stress falls on "fee". In IPA it is /ˈfilɚ/.

What is another word for feeler?

Close synonyms include antenna, overture, advance, approach, antenna. 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 feeler a common word?

feeler 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.