goalkeeper

Other forms of goalkeeper

plural

goalkeepers·

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 goalkeeper

What does goalkeeper mean?

goalkeeper means "the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in goalkeeper?

goalkeeper has 3 syllables: goal-kee-per. The stress falls on "goal". In IPA it is /ˈɡoʊlˌkipɚ/.

What is another word for goalkeeper?

Close synonyms include goalie, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder, goalie. 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 goalkeeper a common word?

goalkeeper 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 goalkeeper?

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