handler

Other forms of handler

plural

handlers·

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 handler

What does handler mean?

handler means "one who trains or exhibits animals". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in handler?

handler has 2 syllables: hand-ler. The stress falls on "hand". In IPA it is /ˈhændlɚ/.

What is another word for handler?

Close synonyms include animal trainer, coach, manager. 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 handler a common word?

handler 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.

What rhymes with handler?

1 word rhymes with handler. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.