wrecker

Other forms of wrecker

plural

wreckers·

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 wrecker

What does wrecker mean?

wrecker means "someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wrecker?

wrecker has 2 syllables: wrec-ker. The stress falls on "wrec". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛkɚ/.

What is another word for wrecker?

Close synonyms include saboteur, diversionist, tow truck, tow car. 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 wrecker a common word?

wrecker 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.