streamer
noun
Simple meaning
Someone who streams activities on their computer to a live online audience.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
streemerSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈstɹimɚ
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
Internet
A person who streams activities on their computer (especially video gaming) to a live online audience.
televisionInternet
A subscription service that streams content to an audience.
A long flag; often tapering
Long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Typical Use
- Primarily written
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: (Internet) A person who streams activities on their computer (especially video gaming) to a live online audience.
Used this way, streamer is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a computing use: it carries a fixed technical meaning inside software and systems work.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Technology
- Technical/specialist writing
- Business/professional
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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More ways to use streamer
- “Streamers of flames.”noun
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Inflected forms
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A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth.
Compound terms
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An artificial fly that has wings extending back beyond the crook of the fishhook.
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