norther

1. 1.

   a wind that blows from the north

   Synonymsnorth windnortherlyboreas

   Broaderwind

   Narrowerbisemistraltramontane

Other forms of norther

plural

northers·

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 norther

What does norther mean?

norther means "a wind that blows from the north".

How many syllables are in norther?

norther has 2 syllables: nor-ther. The stress falls on "nor". In IPA it is /ˈnɔɹðɚ/.

What is another word for norther?

Close synonyms include north wind, northerly, boreas. 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 norther a common word?

norther 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.