whopper

Questions about whopper

What does whopper mean?

whopper means "a gross untruth; a blatant lie". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in whopper?

whopper has 2 syllables: whop-per. The stress falls on "whop". In IPA it is /ˈwɑpɚ/.

What is another word for whopper?

Close synonyms include walloper, whacker. 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 whopper a common word?

whopper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.