How to Pronounce Actuators

To pronounce "actuators", say ACT-uat-ors — 3 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.

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Syllables

9

Letters

ACT-uat-ors

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💡 Tip for remembering “actuators”

"actuators" has 3 syllables: act-uat-ors. It rhymes with craters and agitators, if that helps it stick.

What does actuators mean?

noun

  1. Something that actuates something else, especially a usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e. a mechanism) to be switched on or off, for example an electric motor that opens and closes a valve

    “The mind is the actuator of the body.”

  2. The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive

Words that rhyme with actuators

Practicing rhymes trains the same ending sounds.

cratersagitatorscollaboratorsperpetratorsfacilitatorshatersoperatorssimulatorscuratorsdictatorsmanipulatorsmoderators

Related words

cuesmechanismsreceiversreceptorsswitchestriggersactuationactuating

Frequently asked questions

How many syllables are in "actuators"?▾

"Actuators" has 3 syllables: act · uat · ors.

What does "actuators" mean?▾

Actuators: Something that actuates something else, especially a usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e. a mechanism) to be switched on or off, for example an electric motor that opens and closes a valve

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