finisher

Other forms of finisher

plural

finishers·

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 finisher

What does finisher mean?

finisher means "(baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in finisher?

finisher has 3 syllables: fin-i-sher. The stress falls on "fin". In IPA it is /ˈfɪnɪʃɚ/.

What is another word for finisher?

Close synonyms include closer. 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 finisher a common word?

finisher 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.