sundowner
noun
sundowner is spelled S-U-N-D-O-W-N-E-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sundowner means “A sea captain who shows harsh discipline by requiring all hands to be on board by sundown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sundowner is sundowners.
How many letters and syllables are in sundowner?
| Letters | 9: S-U-N-D-O-W-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th 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; 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 sundowner?
Sundowner appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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 sundowner?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-sundowner.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sundowner?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sundowner.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: newsround.
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 sundowner
- sundowners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sundowner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaobsoleteAn itinerant worker, such as a swagman, who arrives at a farm too late in the day to do any work, but readily accepts food and lodging.
- 2
AustraliaobsoleteAn itinerant worker, a swagman.
- 3
A sea captain who shows harsh discipline by requiring all hands to be on board by sundown.
- 4
colloquialA patient, usually demented, who tends to become agitated in the evening.
- 5
A cocktail consumed at sunset, or to signify the end of the day.
- 6
A cocktail party held in the early evening.
- 7
A physician employed by the government who practises for private fees after his official hours.
- 8
Any worker who practises for private fees after official hours.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sundowner come from?
From sundown + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).