basher
/ˈbæʃɚ/noun
basher is spelled B-A-S-H-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, basher means “One who bashes something, figuratively or literally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of basher is bashers.
How many letters and syllables are in basher?
| Letters | 6: B-A-S-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is basher?
Basher appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce basher?
- US /ˈbæʃɚ/
- UK /ˈbæʃə/
Basher has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-basher.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with basher?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as basher from its last stressed vowel (/æʃəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of basher
- bashers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does basher mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
- 2
Before the days of pneumatic rivet guns, the member of a riveting team who hammered the rivet to upset the bucktail to form the field head (see rivet).
- 3
informalOne who engages in gratuitous physical or verbal attacks on a group or type of people.
a Paki-basher
- 4
UKslangA trainspotter, especially one who likes to travel on specific trains or trainlines.
- 5
slangA rainproof sheet for sleeping under.
- 6
slangA shelter built from improvised materials by a homeless person.
- 7
A kind of small floodlight.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does basher come from?
From bash + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).