yeller

Other forms of yeller

plural

yellers·

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 yeller

What does yeller mean?

yeller means "someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice".

How many syllables are in yeller?

yeller has 2 syllables and divides as yel-ler under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for yeller?

Close synonyms include roarer, bawler, bellower, screamer, screecher. 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 yeller a common word?

yeller 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.