server

Other forms of server

plural

servers·

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 server

What does server mean?

server means "a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in server?

server has 2 syllables: ser-ver. The stress falls on "ser". In IPA it is /ˈsɝvɚ/.

What is another word for server?

Close synonyms include waiter, host. 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 server a common word?

server 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.