delirium

Other forms of delirium

plural

deliriums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about delirium

What does delirium mean?

delirium means "state of violent mental agitation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in delirium?

delirium has 4 syllables: de-lir-i-um. The stress falls on "lir". In IPA it is /dɪˈlɪɹiəm/.

What is another word for delirium?

Close synonyms include craze, frenzy, fury, hysteria. 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 delirium a common word?

delirium is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.