roiling

Questions about roiling

What does roiling mean?

roiling means "(of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence".

How many syllables are in roiling?

roiling has 2 syllables: roi-ling. The stress falls on "roi". In IPA it is /ˈɹɔɪlɪŋ/.

What is another word for roiling?

Close synonyms include churning, roiled, roily, turbulent. 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 roiling a common word?

roiling 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.