tedium

Other forms of tedium

plural

tediums·

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 tedium

What does tedium mean?

tedium means "the feeling of being bored by something tedious". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tedium?

tedium has 3 syllables: te-di-um. The stress falls on "te". In IPA it is /ˈtidiəm/.

What is another word for tedium?

Close synonyms include boredom, ennui, tediousness, tiresomeness. 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 tedium a common word?

tedium 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.