noun
Meaning 1
Someone who asks a question.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: questioner
Antonyms: askee, questionee
Standard Lemma guide
asker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈæsk.ɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑːsk.ə/
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CMU ARPABET: AE1 S K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A newt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, Wales, dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who asks a question
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
Narrower terms: cross-examiner, cross-questioner, examiner, tester, quizzer, inquisitor, interrogator, interviewer, pollster, poll taker, headcounter, canvasser
History
Etymology
From Middle English asker, axer, equivalent to ask + -er.
From Middle English ascre, a variant (with uncertain suffix) of Middle English aske (“newt”). More at ask.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سَائِل (sāʔil) — person who asks a question
- Finnish: kysyjä — person who asks a question
- Finnish: kyselijä — person who asks a question
- German: Fragender — person who asks a question
- German: Fragende — person who asks a question
- German: Fragesteller — person who asks a question
- German: Fragestellerin — person who asks a question
- Hindi: प्रश्नकर्ता (praśnakartā) — person who asks a question
- Marathi: प्रश्नकर्ता (praśnakartā) — person who asks a question
- Marathi: विचारणारा (vicārṇārā) — person who asks a question
- Marathi: विचारणारे (vicārṇāre) — person who asks a question
- Marathi: विचारणारी (vicārṇārī) — person who asks a question
- Portuguese: perguntador — person who asks a question
- Zazaki: persoğ — person who asks a question
- Zazaki: perser — person who asks a question