oarsman

Questions about oarsman

What does oarsman mean?

oarsman means "someone who rows a boat".

How many syllables are in oarsman?

oarsman has 2 syllables: oar-sman. The stress falls on "oar". In IPA it is /ˈɔɹzmən/.

What is another word for oarsman?

Close synonyms include rower. 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 oarsman a common word?

oarsman 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.