incontinence

Other forms of incontinence

plural

incontinences·

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 incontinence

What does incontinence mean?

incontinence means "involuntary urination or defecation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in incontinence?

incontinence has 4 syllables: in-con-ti-nence. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈkɑntənəns/.

What is another word for incontinence?

Close synonyms include incontinency, dissoluteness, self-gratification. 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 incontinence a common word?

incontinence 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.