toller

Other forms of toller

plural

tollers·

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 toller

What does toller mean?

toller means "a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in toller?

toller has 2 syllables: tol-ler. The stress falls on "tol". In IPA it is /ˈtoʊlɚ/.

What is another word for toller?

Close synonyms include bell ringer, ringer, tollkeeper, tollman, tollgatherer. 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 toller a common word?

toller 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.