gopher

Other forms of gopher

plural

gophers·

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 gopher

What does gopher mean?

gopher means "a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gopher?

gopher has 2 syllables: go-pher. The stress falls on "go". In IPA it is /ˈɡoʊfɚ/.

What is another word for gopher?

Close synonyms include goffer, Minnesotan, ground squirrel, spermophile, pocket gopher. 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 gopher a common word?

gopher is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.