What does convulsive mean?

convulsive means "affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in convulsive?

convulsive has 3 syllables: con-vul-sive. The stress falls on "vul". In IPA it is /kənˈvʌlsɪv/.

What is another word for convulsive?

Close synonyms include spasmodic, spastic. 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 convulsive a common word?

convulsive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

convulsive — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
“convulsive motions”
“his body made a spasmodic jerk”
“spastic movements”
Synonymsspasmodic spastic
Similarunsteady
2.
resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent
“a convulsive rage”
“convulsive laughter”
Similarviolent

Questions about convulsive

What does convulsive mean?: convulsive means "affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in convulsive?: convulsive has 3 syllables: con-vul-sive. The stress falls on "vul". In IPA it is /kənˈvʌlsɪv/.
What is another word for convulsive?: Close synonyms include spasmodic, spastic. 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 convulsive a common word?: convulsive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for convulsive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
“convulsive motions”
“his body made a spasmodic jerk”
“spastic movements”
Synonymsspasmodic spastic
Similarunsteady
2.
resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent
“a convulsive rage”
“convulsive laughter”
Similarviolent

Questions about convulsive

What does convulsive mean?: convulsive means "affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in convulsive?: convulsive has 3 syllables: con-vul-sive. The stress falls on "vul". In IPA it is /kənˈvʌlsɪv/.
What is another word for convulsive?: Close synonyms include spasmodic, spastic. 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 convulsive a common word?: convulsive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

convulsive

adjective

Questions about convulsive

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

convulsive

adjective

Questions about convulsive