spinner

Other forms of spinner

plural

spinners·

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 spinner

What does spinner mean?

spinner means "someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spinner?

spinner has 2 syllables: spin-ner. The stress falls on "spin". In IPA it is /ˈspɪnɚ/.

What is another word for spinner?

Close synonyms include spinster, thread maker. 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 spinner a common word?

spinner 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.