Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

down-to-earther

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: down--to-earther
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A down-to-earth person.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Casting the top news developments, here and there supported by films, is Charles Collingwood, another down-to-earther despite the poshy aura about his background (Rhodes scholar, etc.) and the meticulous grooming."
"You’ve got more sense than you think, Chad. I always had a morbid fear you’d turn up one day with one of those mincing little blondes, all promise and no performance. My mother would approve of Alison instantly, and so would Beth. They both had a preference for down-to-earthers."
"[T]he case for atheism is by no means as obvious or decisive as atheistic humanists, scientific reductionists and pragmatic down-to-earthers like to think."

Etymology

From down-to-earth + -er (relational suffix).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: down-to-earth

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

down-to-earthers (plural)

Questions

What does down-to-earther mean?: A down-to-earth person.
Where does down-to-earther come from?: From down-to-earth + -er (relational suffix).

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