waverer

Questions about waverer

What does waverer mean?

waverer means "one who hesitates (usually out of fear)".

How many syllables are in waverer?

waverer has 3 syllables and divides as wa-ve-rer under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for waverer?

Close synonyms include vacillator, hesitator, hesitater. 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 waverer a common word?

waverer 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.