mischief-maker

Questions about mischief-maker

What does mischief-maker mean?

mischief-maker means "someone who deliberately stirs up trouble".

How many syllables are in mischief-maker?

mischief-maker has 4 syllables and divides as mi-schief--ma-ker under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for mischief-maker?

Close synonyms include troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, bad hat. 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 mischief-maker a common word?

mischief-maker 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.