shaker

Other forms of shaker

plural

shakers·

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 shaker

What does shaker mean?

shaker means "a person who wields power and influence". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shaker?

shaker has 2 syllables: sha-ker. The stress falls on "sha". In IPA it is /ˈʃeɪkɚ/.

What is another word for shaker?

Close synonyms include mover and shaker. 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 shaker a common word?

shaker 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.