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smoker

noun

Simple meaning

A smoking car on a train.

Pronunciation

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smohker

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈsmoʊkɚ

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. A person who smokes tobacco habitually.

  2. A smoking car on a train.

  3. A person or an apparatus that smokes food.

  4. A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.

  5. A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.

  6. A tobacco pipe that produces smoke well when used.

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 smokes tobacco habitually.

Used this way, smoker 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

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More ways to use smoker

  • “My doctor advised me to quit smoking, so I am no longer a smoker.”noun

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Informal / social

cigarette smokercigar smoker

Other combinations

chain smokerpipe smokerheavy smokeropium smokercurrent smokerday smoker

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • smokenounBase word

    A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • smokyadjectiveDerived adjective

    Marked by or emitting or filled with smoke.

  • smokelessadjectiveDerived adjective

    Emitting or containing little or no smoke.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • chain-smokernounCompound term

    A heavy smoker (usually of cigarettes) who lights one off of another.

  • cigar smokernounCompound term

    A smoker of cigars.

  • cigarette smokernounCompound term

    A smoker of cigarettes.

  • pipe smokernounCompound term

    A smoker who uses a pipe.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • smoking roomnounRelated term

    Room in a hotel or club set apart for smokers.

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