thwarter

Other forms of thwarter

plural

thwarters·

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 thwarter

What does thwarter mean?

thwarter means "someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take".

How many syllables are in thwarter?

thwarter has 2 syllables: thwar-ter. The stress falls on "thwar".

What is another word for thwarter?

Close synonyms include obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister. 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 thwarter a common word?

thwarter 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.