writer

Other forms of writer

plural

writers·

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 writer

What does writer mean?

writer means "writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in writer?

writer has 2 syllables: wri-ter. The stress falls on "wri". In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪtɚ/.

What is another word for writer?

Close synonyms include author. 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 writer a common word?

writer is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with writer?

7 words rhyme with writer. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.