wilder

Other forms of wilder

plural

wilders·

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 wilder

What does wilder mean?

wilder means "United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wilder?

wilder has 2 syllables: wil-der. The stress falls on "wil". In IPA it is /ˈwaɪldɚ/.

What is another word for wilder?

Close synonyms include Thornton Wilder, Thornton Niven Wilder, Billy Wilder, Samuel Wilder. 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 wilder a common word?

wilder 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.