reprover

Questions about reprover

What does reprover mean?

reprover means "someone who finds fault or imputes blame".

How many syllables are in reprover?

reprover has 3 syllables and divides as re-pro-ver 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 reprover?

Close synonyms include upbraider, reproacher, rebuker. 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 reprover a common word?

reprover is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.