slayer

Other forms of slayer

plural

slayers·

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 slayer

What does slayer mean?

slayer means "someone who causes the death of a person or animal".

How many syllables are in slayer?

slayer has 2 syllables: sla-yer. The stress falls on "sla". In IPA it is /ˈsleɪɚ/.

What is another word for slayer?

Close synonyms include killer. 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 slayer a common word?

slayer 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.