descender
/dɪˈsɛndə(ɹ)/
descender noun: a person or thing that descends.
Noun
descender (plural descenders)
- A person or thing that descends.
- The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
- Synonyms:
- tail
- A letter that has such a portion, such as g, j, or in some fonts Q.
- A cyclist who excels at fast descents.
- A belay device used in rock climbing, or as a fire escape.
descender meaning in Hindi
descender in Hindi
- descender
- अवरोही avrohī
Synonyms of descender
Forms of descender
| plural | descenders |
|---|
Origin of descender
From descend + -er (agent noun suffix).
Words that rhyme with descender
- render
- tender
- bender
- surrender
- transgender
- gender
- pretender
- defender
- engender
- ascender
- fender
- attender
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Questions about descender
- What does descender mean?
- Descender means a person or thing that descends.
- What is descender in Hindi?
- Descender in Hindi is अवरोही (avrohī). See Descender meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is descender?
- Descender is a noun.
- How do you pronounce descender?
- Descender is pronounced /dɪˈsɛndə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of descender?
- The plural of descender is descenders.
Words near descender in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: descender (page history and authors); अवरोही (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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