Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whisperer

/wˈɪspəɹˌɝ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: whis-per-er
IPA: /wˈɪspəɹˌɝ/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who whispers.

noun

Someone who tells secrets; a gossip.

noun

Someone who is skilled in taming or training a certain kind of animal, using gentle vocal commands and body language as opposed to physical contact. See horse whisperer.

noun

Someone who has an uncanny ability to control or manipulate a certain thing or person; an expert or guru in a particular field or subject

Example Sentences

"dog whisperer"
"hormone whisperer"
"'Cause I hear you've been worse than usual this morning and I didn't think that was possible. So I've been dispatched to be the Steve whisperer."
"Among my coworkers, I'd been developing a reputation as a boss-whisperer, in part due to the success of my unusual negotiation strategy, and as of that week, the unexpected success of the billboard."
"These include Steve Davies, The Boring Company CEO, and Omead Afshar, who once led Tesla's Gigafactory in Austin and is nicknamed “the Elon whisperer”."

Etymology

From whisper + -er. The extended senses were popularized by the film The Horse Whisperer (1998).

Inflected Forms

whisperers (plural)

Phrases

AI whisperer dragon whisperer horse whisperer

Questions

How do you pronounce whisperer?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɪspəɹˌɝ/.
What does whisperer mean?: Someone who whispers.
Where does whisperer come from?: From whisper + -er. The extended senses were popularized by the film The Horse Whisperer (1998).

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