sitter

Other forms of sitter

plural

sitters·

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 sitter

What does sitter mean?

sitter means "Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sitter?

sitter has 2 syllables: sit-ter. The stress falls on "sit". In IPA it is /ˈsɪtɚ/.

What is another word for sitter?

Close synonyms include Willem de Sitter, babysitter, baby-sitter, artist's model, brood hen. 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.

What is the opposite of sitter?

The recorded antonyms are stander.

Is sitter a common word?

sitter 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.

What rhymes with sitter?

2 words rhyme with sitter. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.