punter

Other forms of punter

plural

punters·

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 punter

What does punter mean?

punter means "someone who propels a boat with a pole". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in punter?

punter has 2 syllables: pun-ter. The stress falls on "pun". In IPA it is /ˈpʌntɚ/.

What is another word for punter?

Close synonyms include bettor, better, wagerer. 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 punter a common word?

punter 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.