simper

Other forms of simper

plural

simpers·

past tense

simperred·

present participle

simperring·

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 simper

What does simper mean?

simper means "a silly self-conscious smile". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in simper?

simper has 2 syllables: sim-per. The stress falls on "sim". In IPA it is /ˈsɪmpɚ/.

What is another word for simper?

Close synonyms include smirk. 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 simper a common word?

simper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.