Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stargazer

/ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪzɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: stargaz-er
IPA: /ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪzɚ/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one).

Colloquial

noun

Any member of the family Uranoscopidae of bottom-dwelling fish.

Example Sentences

"Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the starre-gazers, the monethly prognosticators stand vp, and saue thee from these things that shall come vpon thee."
"[…] the four satellites of Jupiter, which, it is thought, were probably visible to certain of the more sharp-sighted stargazers of ancient Babylonia."
"A stargazer is a frightening fish by any sretch of the imagination, but not until the day I first saw one in its own world did I understand its true nature."

Etymology

From star + gazer.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪzɚ/

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

stargazers (plural)

Phrases

Atlantic stargazer electric stargazer

Synonyms

astronomer uranologist lotus-eater

Questions

How do you pronounce stargazer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪzɚ/.
What does stargazer mean?: Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one).
Where does stargazer come from?: From star + gazer.

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