lexicographer

Other forms of lexicographer

plural

lexicographers·

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 lexicographer

What does lexicographer mean?

lexicographer means "a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language".

How many syllables are in lexicographer?

lexicographer has 5 syllables: lex-i-co-gra-pher. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˌlɛksɪˈkɑɡɹəfɚ/.

What is another word for lexicographer?

Close synonyms include lexicologist. 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 lexicographer a common word?

lexicographer 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.