wiper

Other forms of wiper

plural

wipers·

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 wiper

What does wiper mean?

wiper means "a worker who wipes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wiper?

wiper has 2 syllables: wi-per. The stress falls on "wi". In IPA it is /ˈwaɪpɚ/.

What is another word for wiper?

Close synonyms include wiper arm, contact arm, windshield wiper, windscreen wiper, wiper blade. 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 wiper a common word?

wiper 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.