surging

Questions about surging

What does surging mean?

surging means "characterized by great swelling waves or surges".

How many syllables are in surging?

surging has 2 syllables: sur-ging. The stress falls on "sur". In IPA it is /ˈsɝdʒɪŋ/.

What is another word for surging?

Close synonyms include billowy, billowing. 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 surging a common word?

surging 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.