kinetosis

Questions about kinetosis

What does kinetosis mean?

kinetosis means "the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle".

How many syllables are in kinetosis?

kinetosis has 4 syllables: ki-ne-to-sis. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for kinetosis?

Close synonyms include motion sickness. 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 kinetosis a common word?

kinetosis 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.