igniter

Other forms of igniter

plural

igniters·

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 igniter

What does igniter mean?

igniter means "a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in igniter?

igniter has 3 syllables: ig-ni-ter. The stress falls on "ig".

What is another word for igniter?

Close synonyms include ignitor, lighter, lighter, light, ignitor. 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 igniter a common word?

igniter 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.