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bomber

/ˈbɑmɚ/noun, adjective

bomber is spelled B-O-M-B-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bomber means “A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bomber is bombers.

How many letters and syllables are in bomber?

Letters6: B-O-M-B-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 bomber?

Bomber appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd 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 bomber?

  • UK /ˈbɒmə(ɹ)/
  • US /ˈbɑmɚ/

Bomber 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-bomber.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with bomber?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bomber from its last stressed vowel (/ɑməɹ/):

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 bomber

  • bombers plural
  • more bomber comparative
  • most bomber superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does bomber mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.

  2. 2

    A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.

  3. 3

    Ellipsis of bomber jacket.

  4. 4

    USslangA 22-ounce beer bottle.

  5. 5

    Ellipsis of graffiti bomber.

  6. 6

    slangA large cannabis cigarette.

adjective

  1. 1

    slangCompletely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Bomber in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchbombardier (aircraft), artilleur, poseur de bombes (person who bombs)
GermanBomber, Bombenflugzeug (aircraft), Bombenleger, Bombenlegerin (person who bombs)
Portuguesebombardeiro (aircraft), bombista (person who bombs)
Spanishbombardero (aircraft), terrorista m or f que pone bombas (person who bombs)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does bomber come from?

From bomb + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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