howler

Other forms of howler

plural

howlers·

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 howler

What does howler mean?

howler means "a joke that seems extremely funny". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in howler?

howler has 2 syllables: how-ler. The stress falls on "how". In IPA it is /ˈhaʊlɚ/.

What is another word for howler?

Close synonyms include belly laugh, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, scream, wow. 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 howler a common word?

howler 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.