proffer

1. 1.

   a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

   “it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse”

   Synonymssuggestionproposition

   Broaderproposal

   Narrowerhinttouchoverture

1. 1.

   present for acceptance or rejection

   “She offered us all a cold drink”

   Synonymsoffer

   Broadergive

   Narrowergivetender

Other forms of proffer

plural

proffers·

past tense

profferred·

present participle

profferring·

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 proffer

What does proffer mean?

proffer means "a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in proffer?

proffer has 2 syllables: prof-fer. The stress falls on "prof". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑfɚ/.

What is another word for proffer?

Close synonyms include suggestion, proposition, offer. 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 proffer a common word?

proffer 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.