terror

Other forms of terror

plural

terrors·

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 terror

What does terror mean?

terror means "an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in terror?

terror has 2 syllables: ter-ror. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˈtɛɹɚ/.

What is another word for terror?

Close synonyms include panic, affright, scourge, threat, brat. 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 terror a common word?

terror is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.