wifier
/ˈwaɪfiə(ɹ)/UK/ˈwaɪ.faɪə(ɹ)/
wifier is the comparative form of wifey.
Meaning of wifey
Adjective
wifey (comparative wifier or more wifey, superlative wifiest or most wifey)
- Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.
- She even admits herself that she lives a dual life — one where she's always acting, trying to impress people; the other when she's around me which is more settled, the more wifey sort of thing.1955, Robert O. Blood, Anticipating Your Marriage, Free Press, published 1955, page 65
Noun capitalized: WiFier
WiFier (plural WiFiers)
- A user of a Wi-Fi network, particularly a public one.
- "Many public WiFiers are salespeople or other professionals on the move who just can't bring themselves to stop working during lunch. So they choose to lunch at a place that also has a connection so they can keep browsing/emailing/whatever while they are shoving that club sandwich down their...2003 July 25, Oliver Burkeman, “Stuff the office - let's all go to the beach”, in The Guardian
- Nintendo is *really* determined to annoy non-WiFiers. Anyone who WiFied over the President's Holiday weekend received a Top Hat in the mail from Tortimer. Thanks for all the advance warning, Nintendo.2006 March 2, thom_b, “*SPRING* has *SPRUNG* [end of WW M3]”, in alt.games.video.nintendo.animal-crossing (Usenet)
Forms of wifier
| plural | WiFiers |
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Origin of wifier
From Wi-Fi + -er.
Questions about wifier
- What does wifier mean?
- Wifier means a user of a Wi-Fi network, particularly a public one.
- What is wifier the comparative form of?
- Wifier is the comparative form of wifey.
- What part of speech is wifier?
- Wifier is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wifier?
- Wifier is pronounced /ˈwaɪfiə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of wifier?
- The plural of wifier is WiFiers.
Words near wifier in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wifier (page history and authors); WiFier (page history and authors); wifey (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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