terminator
ter·mi·na·tor/ˈtɝ.mɪˌneɪ.tɚ/noun
terminator is spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-O-R: 10 letters and 4 syllables (ter·mi·na·tor). It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, terminator means “Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of terminator is terminators.
How many letters and syllables are in terminator?
| Letters | 10: T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ter·mi·na·tor |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st 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; 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 terminator?
Terminator appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st 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 terminator?
- UK /ˈtɜː.mɪ.neɪ.tə/
- US /ˈtɝ.mɪˌneɪ.tɚ/
- US [ˈtɝ.mɪˌneɪ.ɾɚ]
Terminator has 4 syllables, split ter·mi·na·tor in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-terminator.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with terminator?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as terminator from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹmɪneɪtəɹ/):
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 terminator
- terminators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does terminator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.
- 2
A text character or string that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission.
- 3
The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body.
- 4
A DNA sequence that causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
- 5
An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.
- 6
An intelligent android created to destroy humans.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Terminator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | terminador , exterminador |
| Spanish | terminador , terminator (terminéitor) |
| French | terminateur |
| German | Terminator , Nachtlinie |
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.