fainter

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noun

One who faints.

OriginEnglish faint ← Middle English faynt /feynt ← Old French faint /feint →
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Meanings

fainter1

nounfainter (plural fainters)

plural fainters

  1. One who faints.

    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.

    2005, Bonnie Trentham Myers, Best Yet Life and Lore of the Smokies, page 96

fainter2

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of faint: more faint

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
faintee

Origin

fainter · noun

From faint (verb) + -er.

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fainter · adjective

  1. Latinfingere
  2. Old Frenchfaindre /feindre
  3. Old Frenchfaint /feint
  4. Middle Englishfaynt /feynt
  5. Englishfaint
  6. Englishfainter

From faint (adjective) + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fainter

painter
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APA

fainter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainter

MLA

“fainter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fainter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainter.

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