changer
noun
Simple meaning
Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
chaynjerSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtʃeɪndʒɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A person who changes something
Someone or something who changes things.
Someone or something that changes or transforms itself.
A moneychanger; a person employed in changing or discounting money.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A person who changes something
Used this way, changer is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use changer
- “An inveterate changer of the menu.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Cause to change.
The longest river of Asia.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention.
One whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country.
An automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention.
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