Home › Words › S › spayerspayerspayer means one who spays.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, spayer ranks #42,049 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom spay + -er.nounOne who spays.e.g.“[…] but this latter structure even with practised spayers generally receives another cut to admit the forefinger, with which he gropes for one horn of the uterus […]” — 1913, Harold Leeney, The Animal Doctor, page 374:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.sowgelder 70% match — One who spays sows. vs spayer →spaying 63% match — The act or operation of neutering an animal; normally used in reference to performing the operation on a female. vs spayer →spurrer 61% match — One who spurs. vs spayer →sparer 61% match — One who or that which spares. vs spayer →spado 61% match — Someone who has been castrated; a eunuch or castrato. vs spayer →spewer 60% match — A person or thing that spews. vs spayer →spyal 60% match — A spy; one who spies. vs spayer →spraypainter 60% match — One who, or that which, spraypaints. vs spayer →