Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overtimer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-timer
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An employee who works overtime.

Etymology

From overtime + -er. First use appears c. 1910 in the publications of J. G. Brooks.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: overtime

Inflected Forms

overtimers (plural) over-timer (alternative)

Questions

What does overtimer mean?: An employee who works overtime.
Where does overtimer come from?: From overtime + -er. First use appears c. 1910 in the publications of J. G. Brooks.

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