stepper

Other forms of stepper

plural

steppers·

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 stepper

What does stepper mean?

stepper means "a professional dancer". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stepper?

stepper has 2 syllables: step-per. The stress falls on "step". In IPA it is /ˈstɛpɚ/.

What is another word for stepper?

Close synonyms include hoofer, stepping motor, high stepper. 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 stepper a common word?

stepper 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.