first-rater

1. 1.

   one who is first-rate

   Broaderperson

Questions about first-rater

What does first-rater mean?

first-rater means "one who is first-rate".

How many syllables are in first-rater?

first-rater has 3 syllables and divides as fir-st-ra-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is first-rater a common word?

first-rater 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.