English · suffix
-er
person who does
Words sharing this root
adultererA married person who has sex with someone other than that person’s spouse.bankera person who owns, manages, or works in a bankbatterA baseball or cricket player taking a turn at hitting the ball.betterTo improve beyond a previous level or performance.bettera person who bets moneybikerA person who rides a two-wheeled cycle.blabberTo talk excessively and without discretion.blooperA softly hit baseball that lands just beyond the infielders.blowerA person who reveals secret information or wrongdoing.bootleggerA person who makes, transports, or sells goods illegally, especially alcohol.bowlerA person who bowls in a game or sport.builderSomeone who constructs buildings or creates something.bumperA protective bar at the front or rear of a vehicle.bushwhackerA person who makes a way through dense brush.bushwhackerA fighter who attacks by ambush, especially in rough country.buyerSomeone who purchases something.carpetbaggerAn outsider seeking political or economic advantage in a new place.catererA person or business that provides food for events.challengerSomeone who contests another's position or claim.clipperA tool or device for cutting or trimming.commissionerAn official responsible for managing or regulating an organization or activity.creeperA plant that grows along the ground or climbs a support.creeperA soft shoe with a thick sole.dealerA person or business that buys and sells goods or financial products.driverSoftware that allows a computer to communicate with a device.driverA golf club used for long shots, especially from the tee.driverA person or force directing forward movement.eavesdropperSomeone who secretly listens to private conversations.employerA person or organization that pays people to work.enchanterA person who casts magic spells.fiddlerA small burrowing crab whose males have one greatly enlarged claw.fiddlerA person who plays the violin, especially in folk music.fighterA person engaged in combat against an opponent.followerSomeone who moves after another person and follows that person's course.formerBelonging to an earlier position in time or sequence.formerA person or thing that shapes or produces something.founderA worker who casts metal in molds.freezerAn appliance or compartment that keeps food frozen.grasshopperA plant-eating insect with long hind legs for jumping.grinderAn implement that crushes or wears material down by pressure.grinderA sandwich made in a long bread roll.grouperA person or tool that sorts items into groups.holderSomeone who possesses something, or an object that holds something in place.informerA person who secretly gives information to authorities.joinerA person who readily becomes a member of groups.juicerA machine or tool for extracting juice from fruit or vegetables.leaderA blank strip attached to film or tape to help thread it through equipment.leaderA short length of line connecting a fishing line to a hook or lure.leaderAn article expressing a publication's position on an issue.lingerTo stay or continue longer than expected.listenerSomeone who listens.lockerA lockable compartment or cabinet for storing belongings.lookerA physically attractive person.lookerSomeone who looks at or for something.loverA romantic or sexual partner, or someone who greatly enjoys something.lowerTo move something downward along a scale.managerSomeone responsible for directing a business, team, or activity.manufacturerA person or company that makes products, especially in quantity.markerSomething used to create or display an identifying sign.mergerThe combination of formerly separate entities into one.molderTo decay slowly.necromancerA sorcerer who communicates with or raises the dead.nipperAn implement that pinches or cuts.nipperAn informal word for a small child.organizerSomeone who arranges an activity, or an item used to keep things orderly.outerSituated toward or on the outside.panhandlerA person who asks strangers for money in public.parishionerA member or regular attendee of a local church congregation.passerA person who passes an exam or evaluation.passerA person who goes past a place or point.passerA person accepted by others as belonging to a particular social category.photographerSomeone who takes photographs, especially professionally.pisserA very funny or impressive person or thing.pisserSomeone or something that urinates.pisserAn annoying or disappointing thing.pitcherA baseball player who throws the ball to the batter.playerA person who takes part in a game or sport.playerA person who plays a musical instrument.playerA device or program that plays recorded media.playerA person who performs a dramatic role.potterA person who makes objects from clay.potterTo move about or do small tasks in a casual, unhurried way.prayerA person who addresses a deity in worship or request.purifierSomething or someone that removes impurities.putterA golfer who makes short strokes on the green.putterA golf club used for short strokes on the green.rapperA performer who speaks lyrics rhythmically over a beat.readerA book of selected texts for learning or study.reaperA person or machine that harvests crops by cutting them.recorderA woodwind instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece and covering finger holes.reeferA sailor who handles or shortens sails.reporterSomeone who gathers and presents news.ringleaderThe main organizer of a group involved in wrongdoing.romancerSomeone who pursues romantic love.roverA traveler moving from place to place.rubberAn elastic material used to make flexible products.runnerA long narrow strip or support, such as a rug or sled rail.runnerA plant stem that spreads along the ground and can form new plants.runnerSomeone who runs, especially in a race.salverA tray used for serving or presenting items.samplerA collection of representative examples.sewerA person who stitches fabric by hand or machine.shooterA person who fires a projectile.shooterA small mixed alcoholic drink.shooterA person who captures images with a camera.shutterA movable barrier that controls an opening.singerSomeone who sings, especially as a performer.skitterLight, rapid, irregular movement across a surface.slammerSomething delivering a heavy impact.slammerA jail or prison.slaverSomeone engaged in enslaving people or trading enslaved people.sleeperAn item designed to accommodate sleep.sleeperSomeone or something in a sleeping or inactive state.sleeperA crosspiece that supports railway rails.smugglerSomeone who secretly moves goods or people past borders or other controls illegally.sneakerA shoe designed for sports or casual wear.snifterA rounded drinking glass designed for liquor.soothsayerA person believed to predict the future.sorcererA person believed to practice magic.spannerA device or part that bridges or adjusts a gap.speakerA device that converts electrical signals into sound.speakerSomeone who speaks.supporterSomeone who backs a person, team, idea, or cause.swaggerA showily confident or arrogant way of walking or behaving.tapperA person or device that strikes lightly or repeatedly.teacherSomeone who helps others learn, especially as a profession.tenderSomeone providing care or service.trailerA vehicle pulled by another vehicle.tranquilizerA drug that calms a person or animal.transducerA device that converts energy or signals from one form to another.travelerSomeone who travels.trencherA person or device that digs trenches.unbelieverA person who does not accept a religious faith or doctrine.upperLocated above another part or position.upperA drug that increases alertness or energy.userSomeone who uses a product, service, or system.viewerSomeone who watches something, especially television or online video.waiterSomeone who serves food and drinks to customers at tables.wiperA person or implement that wipes a surface.wooferA loudspeaker designed to produce low-pitched sounds.wooferA humorous term for a dog.workerSomeone who works, especially as an employee.writerA device or program that records data.zapperA device that uses an electric shock or beam to kill or disable something.zapperA handheld device for controlling equipment from a distance.