downer
/ˈdaʊnɚ/noun
downer is spelled D-O-W-N-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, downer means “A negative drug trip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of downer is downers.
How many letters and syllables are in downer?
| Letters | 6: D-O-W-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 downer?
Downer appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th 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 downer?
- UK /ˈdaʊnə/
- US /ˈdaʊnɚ/
Downer 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-downer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with downer?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as downer (/aʊnəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: wonder.
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 downer
- downers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does downer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA negative drug trip.
Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer.
- 2
slangAny drug that has depressant qualities.
- 3
slangSomething or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
- 4
A livestock animal that has collapsed.
- 5
A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.
In the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, a strike may be a downer or a stoppage as defined by the Department.
- 6
UKobsoleteslangA sixpence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Downer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense drug:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Downer |
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 downer come from?
From down + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).