whistler

1. 1.

   United States painter (1834-1903)

   SynonymsJames Abbott McNeill Whistler

   Broaderpainter
2. 2.

   someone who makes a loud high sound

   Broadersignaler
3. 3.

   large North American mountain marmot

   Synonymshoary marmotwhistling marmotMarmota caligata

   Broadermarmot
4. 4.

   large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions

   SynonymsgoldeneyeBucephela clangula

   Broaderduck

   NarrowerBarrow's goldeneye

   Part ofBucephala
5. 5.

   Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call

   Synonymsthickhead

   BroaderOld World flycatcher

   Part ofPachycephala

Other forms of whistler

plural

whistlers·

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 whistler

What does whistler mean?

whistler means "United States painter (1834-1903)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in whistler?

whistler has 2 syllables: whist-ler. The stress falls on "whist". In IPA it is /ˈwɪslɚ/.

What is another word for whistler?

Close synonyms include James Abbott McNeill Whistler, hoary marmot, whistling marmot, Marmota caligata, goldeneye. 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 whistler a common word?

whistler is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.