uproarious

Questions about uproarious

What does uproarious mean?

uproarious means "uncontrollably noisy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in uproarious?

uproarious has 5 syllables: u-pro-a-ri-ous. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for uproarious?

Close synonyms include rackety, rip-roaring, hilarious, screaming. 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 uproarious a common word?

uproarious 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.