weeper

Questions about weeper

What does weeper mean?

weeper means "a person who weeps". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in weeper?

weeper has 2 syllables: wee-per. The stress falls on "wee".

What is another word for weeper?

Close synonyms include crier. 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 weeper a common word?

weeper 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.