waiter

Other forms of waiter

plural

waiters·

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 waiter

What does waiter mean?

waiter means "a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in waiter?

waiter has 2 syllables: wai-ter. The stress falls on "wai". In IPA it is /ˈweɪtɚ/.

What is another word for waiter?

Close synonyms include server. 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 waiter a common word?

waiter is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.