What does rudderless mean?

rudderless means "aimlessly drifting".

How many syllables are in rudderless?

rudderless has 3 syllables: rud-der-less. The stress falls on "rud". In IPA it is /ˈɹʌdɚləs/.

What is another word for rudderless?

Close synonyms include adrift, afloat, aimless, directionless, planless. 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 rudderless a common word?

rudderless is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

rudderless — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
aimlessly drifting
Synonymsadrift afloat aimless directionless planless undirected
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