Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roomer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: roomer
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who rents a room.

noun

A residence having the specified number of rooms.

adv

At a greater distance; farther off.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: boarder, tenant"
"She took in two roomers to make ends meet."
"Many years ago, while rummaging through cartons in our basement, I found a tattered, coverless copy of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. It had probably been left behind by one of the roomers with whom we shared our house."
"one-roomer"
"four-roomer"
"Rents were to be $60 a month for a two-room flat, $90 for a three-roomer and $120 for a four-roomer."

Etymology

From room + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 2).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: room, er

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

roomers (plural)

Phrases

room and board rooming house

Frequently Paired Words

room and board rooming house roommate

Synonyms

boarder tenant lodger

Homonyms

rumor

Questions

What does roomer mean?: A person who rents a room.
Where does roomer come from?: From room + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 2).

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