stalker

Other forms of stalker

plural

stalkers·

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 stalker

What does stalker mean?

stalker means "someone who walks with long stiff strides". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stalker?

stalker has 2 syllables: stal-ker. The stress falls on "stal". In IPA it is /ˈstɔkɚ/.

What is another word for stalker?

Close synonyms include prowler, sneak. 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 stalker a common word?

stalker 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.