filler

1. 1.

   used for filling cracks or holes in a surface

   Broadersealing material

   Narrowerputtymasticsizestiffener
2. 2.

   100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary

   BroaderHungarian monetary unit

   Part offorint
3. 3.

   copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper

   Broadercopy
4. 4.

   anything added to fill out a whole

   “some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights”

   Synonymsmakeweight

   Broaderobject
5. 5.

   the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar

   Broadertobacco

   Part ofcigar

Other forms of filler

plural

fillers·

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 filler

What does filler mean?

filler means "used for filling cracks or holes in a surface". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in filler?

filler has 2 syllables: fil-ler. The stress falls on "fil". In IPA it is /ˈfɪlɚ/.

What is another word for filler?

Close synonyms include makeweight. 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 filler a common word?

filler is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.