linebacker

Other forms of linebacker

plural

linebackers·

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 linebacker

What does linebacker mean?

linebacker means "a defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in linebacker?

linebacker has 3 syllables: line-bac-ker. The stress falls on "line". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪnˌbækɚ/.

What is another word for linebacker?

Close synonyms include line backer, line backer. 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 linebacker a common word?

linebacker is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with linebacker?

1 word rhymes with linebacker. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.