fainter

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪntə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

faint (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

fainter (plural fainters)

1. One who faints.
   • 2005, Bonnie Trentham Myers, Best Yet Life and Lore of the Smokies, page 96:

     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.

Etymology 2

faint (adjective) +‎ -er

Adjective

fainter

1. comparative form of faint: more faint

Anagrams

• fine art, fire ant