harrier

Other forms of harrier

plural

harriers·

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 harrier

What does harrier mean?

harrier means "a persistent attacker". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in harrier?

harrier has 3 syllables: har-ri-er. The stress falls on "har". In IPA it is /ˈhɛɹiɚ/.

What is another word for harrier?

Close synonyms include harasser. 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 harrier a common word?

harrier 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.