histrionics

Other forms of histrionics

plural

histrionicses·

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 histrionics

What does histrionics mean?

histrionics means "a performance of a play". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in histrionics?

histrionics has 4 syllables: his-tri-o-nics. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˌhɪstɹiˈɑnɪks/.

What is another word for histrionics?

Close synonyms include theatrical performance, theatrical, representation. 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 histrionics a common word?

histrionics is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with histrionics?

3 words rhyme with histrionics. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.