popper

Other forms of popper

plural

poppers·

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 popper

What does popper mean?

popper means "British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in popper?

popper has 2 syllables: pop-per. The stress falls on "pop". In IPA it is /ˈpɑpɚ/.

What is another word for popper?

Close synonyms include Karl Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper. 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 popper a common word?

popper 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.