Synonyms for syncope

12 synonyms
1 antonym
1 meaning

noun

Most common

fainting deliquium blankout elision

All synonyms

Noun

1. Fainting — A loss of consciousness when fainting

fainting, faint, swoon, stupor, deliquium, blankout, lipothymia dated

Other

black-out, elision, contraction, suspension, syncopation

Antonyms

epenthesis

All antonyms of syncope →

Definitions

n. 1
A loss of consciousness when fainting.

Related words

Word family: syncopal syncopation syncopic
Phrases: micturition syncope post-micturition syncope

Forms

Plural: syncopes → faintings, faints, swoons, stupors…

Choose the right word

Syncope or Swooning?

Syncope or swooning is a sudden loss of sensation and of power of motion, with suspension of pulse and of respiration, and is due to failure of heart-action, as from sudden nervous shock or intense mental emotion.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

fainting The sound was gradually fainting into the distance.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
syncope		rising
fainting		rising
deliquium		steady
elision		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters: faint¹, swoon¹
6 letters: stupor²
7 letters: elision
8 letters: fainting², blankout
9 letters: deliquium
10 letters: suspension³, lipothymia
11 letters: contraction³, syncopation⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (stupor² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: syncope
Italiano: sincope
Español: síncope
Deutsch: Synkope