rouse

Other forms of rouse

past tense

roused·

present participle

rousing·

third person

rouses·

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 rouse

What does rouse mean?

rouse means "become active". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rouse?

rouse has 1 syllable: rouse. In IPA it is /ˈɹaʊs/.

What is another word for rouse?

Close synonyms include bestir, rout out, drive out, force out, agitate. 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 rouse a common word?

rouse 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.