5 Letter Words Ending in ER

sneer

Verb : (intransitive) To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.

Verb : (transitive) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.

Noun : A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.

power

Noun : The ability to do or undergo something.

Noun : (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.

Noun : (countable) The ability to affect or influence.

eager

Adjective : Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.

Adjective : (computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.

Adjective : (dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

ether

Noun : (uncountable, literary or poetic) The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.

Noun : (by extension) The medium breathed by human beings; the air.

Noun : (by extension) The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.

order

Noun : (countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

Noun : (countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

Noun : (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.

infer

Verb : (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.

Verb : (transitive, often proscribed) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply.

Verb : (obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone.

waver

Verb : (intransitive)

Verb : To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.

Verb : (dated) To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander.

sober

Adjective : Not drunk; not intoxicated.

Adjective : Not under the influence of any recreational drug.

Adjective : Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol.

esper

Noun : A person who practices the development of psychic ability.

Noun : (chiefly science fiction) A person who has extrasensory perception.

Noun : A surname.

alter

Verb : (transitive) To change the form or structure of.

Verb : (intransitive) To become different.

Verb : (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.

sheer

Adjective : (textiles) Very thin or transparent.

Adjective : (obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.

Adjective : (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.

usher

Noun : A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.

Noun : A male escort at a wedding.

Noun : A doorkeeper in a courtroom.

queer

Adjective : (dated outside UK, Ireland, Scotland) Weird, odd, or different; whimsical.

Adjective : (British, informal, dated) Slightly unwell (mainly in "to feel queer").

Adjective : (British, slang) Drunk.

foyer

Noun : A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.

Noun : The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

Noun : (UK) A hostel offering accommodation and work opportunities to homeless young people.

umber

Noun : A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.

Noun : A grayling.

Noun : A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the shoebill and herons; a hamerkop.

cover

Noun : A lid.

Noun : (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

Noun : The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.

utter

Adjective : To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.

Adjective : (rare) Of a substance: pure, unmixed.

Adjective : (originally Scotland) Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.

caper

Noun : A playful leap or jump.

Noun : A jump while dancing.

Noun : A prank or practical joke.

amber

Noun : (obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

Noun : Formerly thought to be the product of a plant.

Noun : A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.

anger

Noun : A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

Noun : (obsolete) Pain or stinging.

Verb : (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

defer

Verb : (transitive) To delay or postpone.

Verb : (especially more common, historically) to postpone induction into military service.

Verb : (American football) After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).

bower

Noun : A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.

Noun : (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.

Noun : A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.

hover

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.

Verb : Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).

steer

Verb : (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).

Verb : (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).

Verb : (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.

aster

Noun : Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.

Noun : (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.

Noun : (obsolete) A star.

cheer

Noun : (uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.

Noun : (now uncountable) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.

Noun : (countable) A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".

fleer

Verb : (archaic) To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn

Verb : (archaic) To grin with an air of civility; to leer.

Noun : (archaic) Mockery; derision.

lower

Adjective : Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.

Adjective : Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.

Adjective : (geology, of strata or geological time periods) Older.

asper

Adjective : (obsolete) Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.

Noun : (phonetics, obsolete) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

Noun : (historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.

tower

Noun : A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.

Noun : A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.

Noun : A water tower.

auger

Noun : A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.

Noun : A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).

Noun : A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts

deter

Verb : (transitive) To prevent something from happening.

Verb : (transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

Verb : (transitive) To distract someone from something.

adder

Noun : (obsolete) Any snake.

Noun : A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.

Noun : (chiefly British) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera

taper

Noun : A slender wax candle.

Noun : (by extension) A small light.

Noun : A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.

other

Adjective : See other (determiner) below.

Adjective : Second.

Adjective : Alien.

cower

Verb : (intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.

Verb : (intransitive, archaic) To crouch in general.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.

water

Noun : A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.

Noun : (uncountable) A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.

Noun : (uncountable, in particular) The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O.

refer

Verb : (transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)

Verb : (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.

Verb : (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.

aiger

Noun : Alternative form of eagre; a tidal bore. [a tidal bore]

Noun : Alternative form of ague [(obsolete) An acute fever.]

Adjective : (archaic) Pronunciation spelling of eager. [Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.]

maker

Noun : Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.

Noun : (usually capitalized and preceded by the) God, the Creator.

Noun : (now rare) A poet.

miser

Noun : (derogatory) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.

Noun : (obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

Noun : A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.

lover

Noun : One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.

Noun : A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

Noun : A person who loves something.

meter

Noun : A device that measures things.

Noun : A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.

Noun : (dated) One who metes or measures.

offer

Noun : A proposal that has been made.

Noun : Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.

Noun : (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.

enter

Verb : (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

Verb : (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).

elder

Noun : A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.

Noun : (now chiefly US) An old person.

Noun : (relational, chiefly in the plural, chiefly with possessive determiners) One who is older than another.

after

Verb : Behind; later in time; following.

Adjective : (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent

Adjective : (nautical or aeronautical, where the frame of reference is within the craft) At or towards the stern of a ship or the rear of an aircraft.

rover

Noun : (archery, usually in the plural) A randomly selected target.

Noun : One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.

Noun : A vagabond, a tramp, an unsteady, restless person, one who by habit doesn't settle down or marry.

poser

Noun : (British) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.

Noun : Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.

Noun : Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.

leger

Adjective : (obsolete) Light; slender, slim; trivial.

Adjective : Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.

Noun : An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government; a leiger or lieger.

sleer

Verb : (obsolete) To mock or jeer.

homer

Noun : (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US bushels.

Noun : (historical units of measure) Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure.

Noun : (US, baseball) A home run.

peter

Noun : (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P.

Noun : A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Noun : The leading Apostle in the New Testament: Saint Peter.

lever

Noun : (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.

Noun : Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.

Noun : A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).

piker

Noun : (military, historical) A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.

Noun : One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.

Noun : A stingy person; a cheapskate.

louer

Noun : obsolete typography of lover [One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.]

alder

Noun : Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.

Noun : An alderman or alderwoman.

Noun : A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by alder trees.

mater

Noun : (British, slang, now chiefly archaic or humorous) Mother.

Noun : (anatomy) A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.

Noun : (biology) Someone or something that mates.

finer

Noun : One who fines or purifies.

Noun : A surname.

aeger

Adjective : (dated, British school slang) Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness

Adjective : (dated, British school slang) Relating to such an excused absence

Noun : (dated, British school slang) An excused absence from classes due to illness

paper

Noun : A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

Noun : A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).

Noun : (uncountable) Wallpaper.

river

Noun : A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

Noun : Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

Noun : (poker) The last card dealt in a hand.

layer

Noun : A single thickness of some material covering a surface.

Noun : An item of clothing worn under or over another.

Noun : A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.

inter

Verb : To bury in a grave.

Verb : To confine, as in a prison.

Noun : The Inter Milan football team

flyer

Noun : That which flies, as a bird or insect.

Noun : A machine that flies.

Noun : (dated) An airplane pilot.

under

Verb : In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.

Verb : So as to pass beneath something.

Verb : (usually in compounds) Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.

wager

Noun : A bet; a stake; a pledge.

Noun : The subject of a bet.

Noun : (law) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.

cater

Verb : To provide, particularly:

Verb : (ambitransitive) To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.

Verb : (intransitive, figurative, with 'to') To provide anything required or desired, often (derogatory) to pander.

inner

Adjective : Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.

Adjective : Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.

Adjective : Inside or closer to the inside of the body.

joker

Noun : A person who makes jokes.

Noun : (slang) A funny person.

Noun : A jester.

roger

Verb : (radio telecommunications, transitive) To acknowledge by saying "roger".

Verb : (transitive) Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner.

Verb : (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.

ember

Noun : A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.

Noun : Smoldering ash.

Adjective : (religion) Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.

bever

Noun : (obsolete) A drink.

Noun : (now rare, archaic) A snack or light refreshment between meals.

Noun : (obsolete) A time for drinking.

atter

Noun : (archaic or UK dialectal) poisonous bodily fluid, especially venom of a venomous animal, such as a snake, dragon or other reptile; corrupt or morbid matter from the body, such as pus from a sore or wound; bitter substance, such as bile

Noun : (archaic, figuratively) moral corruption or corruptness; noxious or corrupt influence, poison to the soul, evil, anger, envy, hatred; destruction, death

Noun : (UK dialectal) epithelium produced on the tongue

spaer

Noun : (Scotland) One who spaes or foretells; a diviner.

fever

Noun : (medicine) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.

Noun : (usually in combination with one or more preceding words) Any of various diseases.

Noun : A state of excitement or anxiety.

ulcer

Noun : (pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.

Noun : (pathology) Peptic ulcer.

Noun : (figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

riser

Noun : Someone or something which rises.

Noun : A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.

Noun : (carpentry) A vertical part of a step on a staircase.

piper

Noun : A musician who plays a pipe.

Noun : A bagpiper.

Noun : A baby pigeon.

ester

Noun : (organic chemistry) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.

Noun : A female given name from Hebrew, alternative form of Esther

ruler

Noun : A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.

Noun : A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

Verb : (transitive) To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

idler

Noun : One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.

Noun : One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.

Noun : (nautical, dated) Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch.

gomer

Noun : A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars.

Noun : (slang, derogatory) A stupid, awkward, or oafish person.

Noun : (US, military slang, derogatory) An inept trainee or serviceperson.

agger

Noun : A double tide, particularly a high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again (or only the second of these high waters), but sometimes equally a low tide in which the water recedes to a given level, rises, and then recedes again

Noun : (historical) Synonym of earthwork in ancient Roman contexts, particularly a defensive wall or mound.

aider

Noun : A person who aids or assists.

Noun : (climbing) A mountaineer's stirrup or étrier.

moder

Verb : (obsolete) To moderate.

Noun : A surname.

hexer

Noun : One who casts a hex, or curse.

super

Adjective : Of excellent quality, superfine.

Adjective : Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

Verb : (informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).

later

Verb : Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

Verb : At some unspecified time in the future.

Adjective : Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

leper

Noun : A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

Noun : (figurative) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.

Verb : (now rare) To afflict with leprosy.

fixer

Noun : (photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.

Noun : A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper and/or unlawful means.

Noun : (Philippines, by extension) Someone who is often paid that helps a customer cut through red tape, especially for government processes or applications.

gofer

Noun : (informal) A worker who runs errands; an errand boy.

borer

Noun : A tool used for drilling.

Noun : (MLE, slang) A knife fit for a stabbing.

Noun : A person who bores or drills; a person employed to drill bore holes.

hoser

Noun : One who operates a hose, e.g. a fire hose or a garden hose.

Noun : (slang) One that hoses, i.e. hurts (someone) badly.

Noun : (Canada, slang) A person (especially a farmer) who siphons gasoline out of a vehicle or piece of equipment.

neger

Noun : (rare, often offensive) Synonym of nigger

sweer

Adjective : (UK dialectal) Heavy.

Adjective : (UK dialectal) Dull; indolent; lazy.

Adjective : (UK dialectal) Reluctant; unwilling; disinclined.

muder

Noun : Alternative form of mudder [A racehorse that performs well on muddy or wet tracks.]

fiber

Noun : (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.

Noun : (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.

Noun : (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.

tiger

Noun : Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

Noun : A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress.

Noun : Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.

hyper

Noun : (countable, paraphilia, informal) A character or an individual with large body parts, usually the erogenous zones, with extremely exaggerated sizes, as the object of paraphilic arousal.

Noun : (uncountable, paraphilia, informal) A paraphilia involving large, exaggerated body parts.

Verb : (transitive, photography) To subject (a film or plate) to photographic hypersensitization, chiefly as a technique in astrophotography.

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