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fainter

fainter noun: one who faints. Also the comparative form of faint.

Noun

fainter (plural fainters)

  1. One who faints.
    • As an adult and the wife of the minister, I was always armed with vials of smelling salts, furnished by funeral directors, for fainters at church funerals.2005, Bonnie Trentham Myers, Best Yet Life and Lore of the Smokies, page 96

Also used as

fainter is also the comparative form of faint.

Forms of fainter

pluralfainters

Origin of fainter

From faint (verb) + -er.

From faint (adjective) + -er.

Words that rhyme with fainter

Questions about fainter

What does fainter mean?
Fainter means one who faints.
What part of speech is fainter?
Fainter is a noun.
What is the plural of fainter?
The plural of fainter is fainters.

Words near fainter in the dictionary

  1. faintees
  2. fainten
  3. faintened
  4. faintening
  5. faintens
  6. fainter
  7. fainters
  8. faintest
  9. fainteth
  10. faintful
  11. faintheart

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