roper

Other forms of roper

plural

ropers·

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 roper

What does roper mean?

roper means "a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in roper?

roper has 2 syllables: ro-per. The stress falls on "ro". In IPA it is /ˈɹoʊpɚ/.

What is another word for roper?

Close synonyms include ropemaker, rope-maker. 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 roper a common word?

roper 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.