searcher

Other forms of searcher

plural

searchers·

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 searcher

What does searcher mean?

searcher means "someone making a search or inquiry". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in searcher?

searcher has 2 syllables: sear-cher. The stress falls on "sear". In IPA it is /ˈsɝtʃɚ/.

What is another word for searcher?

Close synonyms include seeker, quester, searcher beetle, Calosoma scrutator. 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 searcher a common word?

searcher 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.