uproar

Other forms of uproar

plural

uproars·

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 uproar

What does uproar mean?

uproar means "a state of commotion and noise and confusion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in uproar?

uproar has 2 syllables: up-roar. The stress falls on "up". In IPA it is /ˈʌˌpɹɔɹ/.

What is another word for uproar?

Close synonyms include tumult, tumultuousness, garboil, hubbub, brouhaha. 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 uproar a common word?

uproar 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.