hysteria

Other forms of hysteria

plural

hysterias·

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 hysteria

What does hysteria mean?

hysteria means "state of violent mental agitation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hysteria?

hysteria has 4 syllables: hy-ster-i-a. The stress falls on "ster". In IPA it is /hɪˈstɛɹiə/.

What is another word for hysteria?

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

hysteria 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.