fester

Other forms of fester

plural

festers·

past tense

festerred·

present participle

festerring·

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 fester

What does fester mean?

fester means "a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fester?

fester has 2 syllables: fes-ter. The stress falls on "fes". In IPA it is /ˈfɛstɚ/.

What is another word for fester?

Close synonyms include suppurating sore, maturate, suppurate. 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 fester a common word?

fester 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.