observer

Other forms of observer

plural

observers·

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 observer

What does observer mean?

observer means "a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in observer?

observer has 3 syllables: ob-ser-ver. The stress falls on "ser". In IPA it is /əbˈzɝvɚ/.

What is another word for observer?

Close synonyms include perceiver, percipient, beholder, commentator. 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 observer a common word?

observer 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 observer?

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