Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun syncope

2 senses of syncope

Sense 1
faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium -- (a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain)
       => loss of consciousness -- (the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond)

Sense 2
syncope, syncopation -- ((phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle'))
       => articulation -- (the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech)