settler

Other forms of settler

plural

settlers·

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 settler

What does settler mean?

settler means "a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in settler?

settler has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈsɛtəlɚ/.

What is another word for settler?

Close synonyms include colonist. 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 settler a common word?

settler 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.