messenger

Other forms of messenger

plural

messengers·

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 messenger

What does messenger mean?

messenger means "a person who carries a message".

How many syllables are in messenger?

messenger has 3 syllables: mes-sen-ger. The stress falls on "mes". In IPA it is /ˈmɛsəndʒɚ/.

What is another word for messenger?

Close synonyms include courier. 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 messenger a common word?

messenger is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.