miler

1. 1.

   (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles

   “the race was a 30-miler”

   Broaderlinear unit

   combining form

2. 2.

   a runner in a one-mile race

   Broaderrunner

   Narrowerfour-minute man

Other forms of miler

plural

milers·

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 miler

What does miler mean?

miler means "(used only in combinations) the length of something in miles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in miler?

miler has 2 syllables: mi-ler. The stress falls on "mi". In IPA it is /ˈmaɪlɚ/.

Is miler a common word?

miler 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.