self-starter

What does self-starter mean?

self-starter means "an energetic person with unusual initiative". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-starter?

self-starter has 3 syllables and divides as self--star-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is self-starter a common word?

self-starter 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for self-starter come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.