Stammerer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who stammers; a stutterer.

    "Marry—as the friendly vapour ascended, how his prattle would curl up sometimes with it! the ligaments, which tongue-tied him, were loosened, and the stammerer proceeded a statist!"

  2. 2
    someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
stutterstutterer

Example

More examples

"A stutterer understands a stammerer."

Etymology

From stammer + -er.

Related phrases

agent noun

More for "stammerer"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.