1. (noun)faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain Synonyms: swoon, syncopation, faint, syncope, deliquium
2. (noun)syncope, syncopation (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') Synonyms: swoon, syncopation, faint, syncope, deliquium