speleologist

Questions about speleologist

What does speleologist mean?

speleologist means "a person who explores caves".

How many syllables are in speleologist?

speleologist has 5 syllables: spe-le-o-lo-gist. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for speleologist?

Close synonyms include potholer, spelunker, spelaeologist. 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 speleologist a common word?

speleologist 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.