fisher

Other forms of fisher

plural

fishers·

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 fisher

What does fisher mean?

fisher means "someone whose occupation is catching fish". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fisher?

fisher has 2 syllables: fis-her. The stress falls on "fis". In IPA it is /ˈfɪʃɚ/.

What is another word for fisher?

Close synonyms include fisherman, pekan, fisher cat, black cat, Martes pennanti. 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 fisher a common word?

fisher is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fisher?

3 words rhyme with fisher. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.