skimmer

Other forms of skimmer

plural

skimmers·

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 skimmer

What does skimmer mean?

skimmer means "a rapid superficial reader". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skimmer?

skimmer has 2 syllables: skim-mer. The stress falls on "skim". In IPA it is /ˈskɪmɚ/.

What is another word for skimmer?

Close synonyms include boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor. 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 skimmer a common word?

skimmer 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.