quiescent

Questions about quiescent

What does quiescent mean?

quiescent means "not active or activated". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quiescent?

quiescent has 3 syllables: qui-es-cent. The stress falls on "es". In IPA it is /kwaɪˈɛsənt/.

Is quiescent a common word?

quiescent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 quiescent?

1 word rhymes with quiescent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.