heather

Other forms of heather

plural

heathers·

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 heather

What does heather mean?

heather means "common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heather?

heather has 2 syllables: heat-her. The stress falls on "heat". In IPA it is /ˈhɛðɚ/.

What is another word for heather?

Close synonyms include ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna vulgaris, heather mixture. 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 heather a common word?

heather is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.