striker

Other forms of striker

plural

strikers·

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 striker

What does striker mean?

striker means "a forward on a soccer team". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in striker?

striker has 2 syllables: stri-ker. The stress falls on "stri". In IPA it is /ˈstɹaɪkɚ/.

What is another word for striker?

Close synonyms include hitter. 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 striker a common word?

striker 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.