riser

Other forms of riser

plural

risers·

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 riser

What does riser mean?

riser means "a person who rises (especially from bed)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in riser?

riser has 2 syllables: ri-ser. The stress falls on "ri". In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪzɚ/.

What is another word for riser?

Close synonyms include riser pipe, riser pipeline, riser main. 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 riser a common word?

riser 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.