primer

Other forms of primer

plural

primers·

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 primer

What does primer mean?

primer means "an introductory textbook". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in primer?

primer has 2 syllables: pri-mer. The stress falls on "pri". In IPA it is /ˈpɹaɪmɚ/.

What is another word for primer?

Close synonyms include fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, priming. 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 primer a common word?

primer 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.