utterer

1. 1.

   an organism that can utter vocal sounds

   “an utterer of foul oaths”

   “is the giraffe a vocalizer?”

   Synonymsvocalizervocaliser

   Broaderorganism
2. 2.

   someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins

   Broaderdeceiver
3. 3.

   someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

   “the speaker at commencement”

   “an utterer of useful maxims”

   Synonymsspeakertalkerverbalizerverbaliser

   Broaderarticulator

   Narroweralliteratorcallerchattererconversationalistdictatordrawlerdrivellerejaculatorgrowlerinquirer

Other forms of utterer

plural

utterers·

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 utterer

What does utterer mean?

utterer means "an organism that can utter vocal sounds". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in utterer?

utterer has 3 syllables: ut-te-rer. The stress falls on "ut".

What is another word for utterer?

Close synonyms include vocalizer, vocaliser, speaker, talker, verbalizer. 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 utterer a common word?

utterer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.