left-hander

Questions about left-hander

What does left-hander mean?

left-hander means "a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in left-hander?

left-hander has 3 syllables: lef-t-han-der. The stress falls on "lef".

What is another word for left-hander?

Close synonyms include left-handed pitcher, left hander, lefthander, lefty, southpaw. 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 left-hander a common word?

left-hander 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.