seeker

1. 1.

   someone making a search or inquiry

   “they are seekers after truth”

   Synonymssearcherquester

   Broaderperson

   Narrowerfindergadabouthunter
2. 2.

   a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)

   Broaderprojectile

Other forms of seeker

plural

seekers·

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 seeker

What does seeker mean?

seeker means "someone making a search or inquiry". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seeker?

seeker has 2 syllables: see-ker. The stress falls on "see". In IPA it is /ˈsikɚ/.

What is another word for seeker?

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

seeker 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.