rocker

Other forms of rocker

plural

rockers·

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 rocker

What does rocker mean?

rocker means "an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rocker?

rocker has 2 syllables: roc-ker. The stress falls on "roc". In IPA it is /ˈɹɑkɚ/.

What is another word for rocker?

Close synonyms include rock 'n' roll musician, rocking chair, cradle. 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 rocker a common word?

rocker 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.