netkeeper

Other forms of netkeeper

plural

netkeepers·

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 netkeeper

What does netkeeper mean?

netkeeper means "the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in netkeeper?

netkeeper has 3 syllables: net-kee-per. The stress falls on "net".

What is another word for netkeeper?

Close synonyms include goalkeeper, goalie, goaltender, netminder, goalkeeper. 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 netkeeper a common word?

netkeeper 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.