stinker

Other forms of stinker

plural

stinkers·

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 stinker

What does stinker mean?

stinker means "a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stinker?

stinker has 2 syllables and divides as stin-ker under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for stinker?

Close synonyms include rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinkpot. 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 stinker a common word?

stinker 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.