tipster

1. 1.

   one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)

   Synonymstout

   Broaderadviser

   Narrowerracetrack tout

Other forms of tipster

plural

tipsters·

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 tipster

What does tipster mean?

tipster means "one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)".

How many syllables are in tipster?

tipster has 2 syllables: tip-ster. The stress falls on "tip". In IPA it is /ˈtɪpstɚ/.

What is another word for tipster?

Close synonyms include tout. 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 tipster a common word?

tipster 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.