spontaneous

Questions about spontaneous

What does spontaneous mean?

spontaneous means "happening or arising without apparent external cause". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spontaneous?

spontaneous has 4 syllables: spon-ta-ne-ous. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /spɑnˈteɪniəs/.

What is another word for spontaneous?

Close synonyms include self-generated, ad-lib, unwritten. 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.

What is the opposite of spontaneous?

The recorded antonyms are induced.

Is spontaneous a common word?

spontaneous 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 spontaneous?

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