oldtimer

Other forms of oldtimer

plural

oldtimers·

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 oldtimer

What does oldtimer mean?

oldtimer means "an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oldtimer?

oldtimer has 3 syllables and divides as old-ti-mer under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for oldtimer?

Close synonyms include veteran, old-timer, old hand, warhorse, old stager. 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 oldtimer a common word?

oldtimer 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.