shooter

1. 1.

   a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles

   Synonymstaw

   Broadermarble
2. 2.

   a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)

   “he is a crack shot”

   “a poor shooter”

   Synonymsshot

   Broaderexpert

   Narrowermarksmangunmantrapshooter
3. 3.

   a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps

   Synonymscrap-shooter

   Broadergambler
4. 4.

   (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket)

   Broaderplayer

   sport

5. 5.

   a professional killer who uses a gun

   Synonymsgunmangunslingerhired gungungun for hiretriggermanhit manhitmantorpedo

   Broadermurderer

Other forms of shooter

plural

shooters·

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 shooter

What does shooter mean?

shooter means "a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shooter?

shooter has 2 syllables: shoo-ter. The stress falls on "shoo". In IPA it is /ˈʃutɚ/.

What is another word for shooter?

Close synonyms include taw, shot, crap-shooter, gunman, gunslinger. 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 shooter a common word?

shooter is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with shooter?

1 word rhymes with shooter. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.