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high-roller

high-roll·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahy roh-ler]
    • /haɪ ˈroʊ lər/
    • /haɪ ˈrəʊ.lər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy roh-ler]
    • /haɪ ˈroʊ lər/

Definitions of high-roller word

  • noun high-roller a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino. 1
  • noun high-roller a person who spends money freely for entertainment and extravagant living. 1
  • noun high-roller a corporation or governmental agency that invests or spends freely or recklessly. 1
  • countable noun high-roller High rollers are people who are very rich and who spend money in an extravagant or risky way, especially by gambling. 0
  • noun high-roller a person who spends money extravagantly or gambles recklessly 0
  • noun high-roller a person who gambles for very high stakes 0

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Origin of high-roller

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1880-85

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Parts of speech for High-roller

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

high-roller popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for high-roller

noun high-roller

  • bettor — a person who bets
  • money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
  • plunger — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
  • waster — a person or thing that wastes time, money, etc.
  • wastrel — a wasteful person; spendthrift.

Antonyms for high-roller

noun high-roller

  • miser — a comedy (1668) by Molière.
  • saver — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.

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