ebullition

Other forms of ebullition

plural

ebullitions·

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 ebullition

What does ebullition mean?

ebullition means "an unrestrained expression of emotion".

How many syllables are in ebullition?

ebullition has 5 syllables: e-bul-li-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for ebullition?

Close synonyms include effusion, gush, outburst, blowup. 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 ebullition a common word?

ebullition 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.