walker

Other forms of walker

plural

walkers·

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 walker

What does walker mean?

walker means "New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in walker?

walker has 2 syllables: wal-ker. The stress falls on "wal". In IPA it is /ˈwɔkɚ/.

What is another word for walker?

Close synonyms include John Walker, Alice Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker, pedestrian, footer. 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 walker a common word?

walker 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.

What rhymes with walker?

1 word rhymes with walker. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.