crammer C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈkræmɚ/ UK /ˈkræmə/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like clamor /l/ vs /ɹ/ Meanings 1 noun a person or school that prepares students intensively for exams He enrolled in a crammer to scrape through the entrance test. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person or school that... tutorcoach Word family Related forms cramcramming Etymology AI details From the verb 'cram' (in the sense 'to study intensively') plus the agentive suffix '-er'. 'Cram' is from Old English 'crammian' ('to stuff, fill'). crammian Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # crammer **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkræmɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkræmə/ ## Meanings 1. a person or school that prepares students intensively for exams ## Examples - He enrolled in a crammer to scrape through the entrance test. ## Synonyms - tutor - coach ## Related Forms - cram - cramming ## Roots and Affixes - Root: crammian ## Etymology From the verb 'cram' (in the sense 'to study intensively') plus the agentive suffix '-er'. 'Cram' is from Old English 'crammian' ('to stuff, fill'). ## AI Etymology Crammer is from the verb 'cram' (in the sense 'to study intensively') plus the agentive suffix '-er'. 'Cram' is from Old English 'crammian' ('to stuff, fill'). The immediate etymological form is Old English crammian. The suffix -er marks an agent, instrument, or associated person, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "a person or school that prepares students intensively for exams", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include cram and cramming. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown