incontinent

1. 1.

   not having control over urination and defecation

   Antonymscontinent

   Similarleaky

Questions about incontinent

What does incontinent mean?

incontinent means "not having control over urination and defecation".

How many syllables are in incontinent?

incontinent has 4 syllables: in-con-ti-nent. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈkɑntənənt/.

What is the opposite of incontinent?

The recorded antonyms are continent.

Is incontinent a common word?

incontinent 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.