spider-man
/spˈaɪdɚmæn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hero and/or an adept climber, especially one whose identity is secret and who succeeds despite long odds.
noun
Nonstandard form of Spider-Man.
Example Sentences
- "Jyoti Raj (aka the Spiderman of Karnataka) climbing a wall"
- ""The Spiderman of Denver' was brought down from his attic hiding-place and charged with murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Philip Peters."
- "This young boy, Hamid, wants to become the 'Spiderman of the Revolution' and fight America. I enjoyed the messiness and playfulness of this: that an American fantasy hero becomes the tool of expression for a revolutionary-in-making."
- "Pakistan needed 18 of the last over and Arshdeep Singh came to seal the deal for India. Rishabh Pant took a diving catch to dismiss Imad Wasim. The spiderman of Indian cricket was not just back with runs, but was back to taking catches with gloves as well, and he grabbed an outstanding catch to seal the game for India."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
Spider-Mans (plural)
Spider Man (alternative, nonstandard)
Spiderman (alternative, nonstandard)
Spider-men (plural)