newcomer

Other forms of newcomer

plural

newcomers·

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 newcomer

What does newcomer mean?

newcomer means "any new participant in some activity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in newcomer?

newcomer has 3 syllables: new-com-er. The stress falls on "new". In IPA it is /ˈnuˌkʌmɚ/.

What is another word for newcomer?

Close synonyms include fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman. 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 newcomer a common word?

newcomer is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with newcomer?

1 word rhymes with newcomer. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.