researcher

Other forms of researcher

plural

researchers·

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 researcher

What does researcher mean?

researcher means "a scientist who devotes himself to doing research".

How many syllables are in researcher?

researcher has 3 syllables: re-sear-cher. The stress falls on "re". In IPA it is /ˈɹisɚtʃɚ/.

What is another word for researcher?

Close synonyms include research worker, investigator. 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 researcher a common word?

researcher is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.