caller

1 of 2

adjective

cal·​ler ˈkä-lər 

1

Scotland : fresh

2

Scotland : cool

caller

2 of 2

noun

call·​er ˈkȯ-lər 

: one that calls

Synonyms of caller

Noun

• visitor
• guest

Examples of caller in a Sentence

Noun

The police have received information from an anonymous caller.

She's had several callers at her house in the past few days.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Three-person announcer booths can take years to gel; Benetti and his fellow play-by-play callers will have just hours to get everyone on the same page. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026

These speech-to-speech models preserve the caller’s nuance and produce a more fluid conversation, with better end-to-end latency. — Jashwanth Pedapudi, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

The Bruins’ picked off quarterback Malik Washington four times — returning two of them for touchdowns — despite the signal caller entering the game with no turnovers. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Multiple couples form a circle while a caller announces moves that the dancers perform together, often changing partners along the way. — Brian Unger, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English (Scots) callour

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing caller

• caller display
• caller ID
• signal-caller

Rhymes for caller

• choler
• collar
• crawler
• dollar
• faller
• haller
• hauler
• holler
• scholar
• smaller
• squalor
• taller