syncope

syncope is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every.
2. noun. Same as Syncopation.
3. noun. A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting.
4. noun. A pause or cessation; suspension.
5. noun. (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

   Synonyms: syncopation

6. noun. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

   Synonyms: deliquium, faint, swoon

Synonyms

syncopation, deliquium, faint, swoon

Common word forms

syncopes

Words from these letters

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