highlander

Questions about highlander

What does highlander mean?

highlander means "a soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in highlander?

highlander has 3 syllables: high-lan-der. The stress falls on "high". In IPA it is /ˈhaɪˌlændɚ/.

What is another word for highlander?

Close synonyms include Scottish Highlander, Highland Scot. 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 highlander a common word?

highlander 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 highlander?

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