rider

1. 1.

   a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)

   Broadertraveler

   Narrowerhang gliderhorsemanpedaler
2. 2.

   a clause that is appended to a legislative bill

   Broaderarticle

   Part ofbilllegislative act
3. 3.

   a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)

   Broadertraveler
4. 4.

   a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

   Synonymspassenger

   Broadertraveler

   Narrowercommuterfarehitchhikerstowawaystraphanger

   boat · bus · car

Other forms of rider

plural

riders·

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 rider

What does rider mean?

rider means "a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rider?

rider has 2 syllables: ri-der. The stress falls on "ri". In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪdɚ/.

What is another word for rider?

Close synonyms include passenger. 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 rider a common word?

rider is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.