kidnaper

Questions about kidnaper

What does kidnaper mean?

kidnaper means "someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)".

How many syllables are in kidnaper?

kidnaper has 3 syllables and divides as kid-na-per under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for kidnaper?

Close synonyms include kidnapper, abductor, snatcher. 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 kidnaper a common word?

kidnaper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.