koestler

1. 1.

   British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)

   SynonymsArthur Koestler

   Broaderwriter

Other forms of koestler

plural

koestlers·

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 koestler

What does koestler mean?

koestler means "British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)".

How many syllables are in koestler?

koestler has 2 syllables: koest-ler. The stress falls on "koest". In IPA it is /ˈkoʊstlɚ/.

What is another word for koestler?

Close synonyms include Arthur Koestler. 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 koestler a common word?

koestler 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.