lister

Other forms of lister

plural

listers·

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 lister

What does lister mean?

lister means "English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lister?

lister has 2 syllables: lis-ter. The stress falls on "lis". In IPA it is /ˈlɪstɚ/.

What is another word for lister?

Close synonyms include Joseph Lister, Baron Lister, lister plow, lister plough, middlebreaker. 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 lister a common word?

lister 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.