record-holder

1. 1.

   someone who breaks a record

   Synonymsrecord-breaker

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Questions about record-holder

What does record-holder mean?

record-holder means "someone who breaks a record".

How many syllables are in record-holder?

record-holder has 4 syllables and divides as re-cord--hol-der 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 record-holder?

Close synonyms include record-breaker. 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.