Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leaver

/lˈivɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: leaver
IPA: /lˈivɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who leaves.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Leaver.

British usage

noun

Synonym of schoolie (“a senior student”).

Australian usage

name

noun

Someone who supports Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.

British usage

Example Sentences

"This year's school leavers have excellent grades."
"He's a leaver, not a stayer: he'll never be happy tied down in one place."
"An extraordinary cross-party summit bringing together leading leavers and remainers – including Michael Gove and senior members of Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet – has been held in high secrecy to address the failings of Brexit and how to remedy them in the national interest, the Observer can reveal."

Etymology

From leave + -er.

Usage

British usage
Australian usage

Inflected Forms

leavers (plural)

Derived Forms

careleaver

Phrases

bad leaver good leaver school-leaver

Synonyms

schoolie Brexiter Brexiteer departer goer

Homonyms

lever

Antonyms

Remainer Remainiac Europhile

Rhymes With

fever receiver believer beaver weaver reliever cleaver retriever achiever cheever seaver mckeever

Questions

How do you pronounce leaver?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈivɚ/.
What does leaver mean?: One who leaves.
Where does leaver come from?: From leave + -er.

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