jumper

Other forms of jumper

plural

jumpers·

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 jumper

What does jumper mean?

jumper means "a person who jumps". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jumper?

jumper has 2 syllables: jum-per. The stress falls on "jum". In IPA it is /ˈdʒʌmpɚ/.

What is another word for jumper?

Close synonyms include sweater, pinafore, pinny, jump shot. 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 jumper a common word?

jumper is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.