outburst

Other forms of outburst

plural

outbursts·

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 outburst

What does outburst mean?

outburst means "an unrestrained expression of emotion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in outburst?

outburst has 2 syllables: out-burst. The stress falls on "out". In IPA it is /ˈaʊtˌbɝst/.

What is another word for outburst?

Close synonyms include effusion, gush, blowup, ebullition, burst. 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 outburst a common word?

outburst 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.

What rhymes with outburst?

2 words rhyme with outburst. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.