goer
/ˈɡoʊɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who, or that which, goes.
noun
Anything, especially a machine such as a motor car, that performs well, or operates successfully.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "Such a man Might be a copy to these younger times; Which, follow’d well, would demonstrate them now But goers backward."
- "1845, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Letter to Hannah Macaulay dated 19 December, 1845 in G. Otto Trevelyan (ed.), The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, New York: Harper, 1875, Volume 2, p. 149, Lord John has been all day in his inner library. His antechamber has been filled with comers and goers, some talking in knots, some writing notes at tables."
- "[…] the two classes of men; on the one hand the steady goers of superhuman strength […] plodding and persevering, […]; on the other the gifted, the inspired […]"
- "He despised the museum and its goers for everything they didn’t know."
- "I bought her secondhand, but she's a good little goer."
- "Norman: Is your wife a ... goer ... eh? Know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge nudge."
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡoʊɚ/