raucous

Questions about raucous

What does raucous mean?

raucous means "unpleasantly loud and harsh". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in raucous?

raucous has 2 syllables: rau-cous. The stress falls on "rau". In IPA it is /ˈɹɔkəs/.

What is another word for raucous?

Close synonyms include strident, rowdy. 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 raucous a common word?

raucous 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.