convalesce

Questions about convalesce

What does convalesce mean?

convalesce means "get over an illness or shock".

How many syllables are in convalesce?

convalesce has 3 syllables: con-va-lesce. The stress falls on "lesce". In IPA it is /ˌkɑnvəˈlɛs/.

What is another word for convalesce?

Close synonyms include recuperate, recover. 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 convalesce a common word?

convalesce 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.

What rhymes with convalesce?

4 words rhyme with convalesce. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.