keister

Other forms of keister

plural

keisters·

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 keister

What does keister mean?

keister means "the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on".

How many syllables are in keister?

keister has 3 syllables: ke-i-ster. The stress falls on "ke". In IPA it is /ˈkiɪstɚ/.

What is another word for keister?

Close synonyms include buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside. 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 keister a common word?

keister 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.