showstopper

Other forms of showstopper

plural

showstoppers·

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 showstopper

What does showstopper mean?

showstopper means "an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in showstopper?

showstopper has 3 syllables: show-stop-per. The stress falls on "show".

What is another word for showstopper?

Close synonyms include show-stopper, stopper, show-stopper. 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 showstopper a common word?

showstopper 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.