anthesis

Questions about anthesis

What does anthesis mean?

anthesis means "the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms".

How many syllables are in anthesis?

anthesis has 3 syllables: an-the-sis. The stress falls on "an".

What is another word for anthesis?

Close synonyms include blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, efflorescence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anthesis a common word?

anthesis is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.