vociferation

Other forms of vociferation

plural

vociferations·

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 vociferation

What does vociferation mean?

vociferation means "a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition".

How many syllables are in vociferation?

vociferation has 6 syllables: vo-ci-fe-ra-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for vociferation?

Close synonyms include cry, outcry, call, yell, shout. 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 vociferation a common word?

vociferation 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.