ebullience

Questions about ebullience

What does ebullience mean?

ebullience means "overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval".

How many syllables are in ebullience?

ebullience has 3 syllables: eb-ul-lience. The stress falls on "ul". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈbʊljəns/.

What is another word for ebullience?

Close synonyms include exuberance, enthusiasm. 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 ebullience a common word?

ebullience 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.