ecstasy

Other forms of ecstasy

plural

ecstasies·

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 ecstasy

What does ecstasy mean?

ecstasy means "a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ecstasy?

ecstasy has 3 syllables: ec-sta-sy. The stress falls on "ec". In IPA it is /ˈɛkstəsi/.

What is another word for ecstasy?

Close synonyms include rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus, rapture. 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 ecstasy a common word?

ecstasy 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.