parachutist

Questions about parachutist

What does parachutist mean?

parachutist means "a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute".

How many syllables are in parachutist?

parachutist has 4 syllables and divides as pa-ra-chu-tist 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 parachutist?

Close synonyms include parachuter, parachute jumper. 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 parachutist a common word?

parachutist 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.