onslaught

Other forms of onslaught

plural

onslaughts·

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 onslaught

What does onslaught mean?

onslaught means "a sudden and severe onset of trouble". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in onslaught?

onslaught has 2 syllables: on-slaught. The stress falls on "on". In IPA it is /ˈɔnˌslɔt/.

What is another word for onslaught?

Close synonyms include attack, onset, onrush, barrage, bombardment. 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 onslaught a common word?

onslaught 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.