tuner

Other forms of tuner

plural

tuners·

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 tuner

What does tuner mean?

tuner means "someone who tunes pianos". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tuner?

tuner has 2 syllables: tu-ner. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /ˈtunɚ/.

What is another word for tuner?

Close synonyms include piano tuner, radio receiver, receiving set, radio set, radio. 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 tuner a common word?

tuner 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.