launcher

Other forms of launcher

plural

launchers·

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 launcher

What does launcher mean?

launcher means "armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in launcher?

launcher has 2 syllables: laun-cher. The stress falls on "laun". In IPA it is /ˈlɔntʃɚ/.

What is another word for launcher?

Close synonyms include rocket launcher, catapult. 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 launcher a common word?

launcher 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.