netminder

Questions about netminder

What does netminder mean?

netminder means "the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal".

How many syllables are in netminder?

netminder has 3 syllables: net-min-der. The stress falls on "net".

What is another word for netminder?

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

netminder 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.