gatekeeper

Other forms of gatekeeper

plural

gatekeepers·

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 gatekeeper

What does gatekeeper mean?

gatekeeper means "someone who controls access to something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gatekeeper?

gatekeeper has 3 syllables: gate-kee-per. The stress falls on "gate". In IPA it is /ˈɡeɪtˌkipɚ/.

What is another word for gatekeeper?

Close synonyms include doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter. 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 gatekeeper a common word?

gatekeeper 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.

What rhymes with gatekeeper?

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