affection

Other forms of affection

plural

affections·

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 affection

What does affection mean?

affection means "a positive feeling of liking".

How many syllables are in affection?

affection has 3 syllables: af-fec-tion. The stress falls on "fec". In IPA it is /əˈfɛkʃən/.

What is another word for affection?

Close synonyms include affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness. 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 affection a common word?

affection is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with affection?

7 words rhyme with affection. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.