submergence

Questions about submergence

What does submergence mean?

submergence means "sinking until covered completely with water".

How many syllables are in submergence?

submergence has 3 syllables: sub-mer-gence. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /səbˈmɝdʒəns/.

What is another word for submergence?

Close synonyms include submerging, submersion, immersion. 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 submergence a common word?

submergence 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 submergence?

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