aggression

Other forms of aggression

plural

aggressions·

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 aggression

What does aggression mean?

aggression means "a disposition to behave aggressively". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aggression?

aggression has 3 syllables: ag-gres-sion. The stress falls on "gres". In IPA it is /əˈɡɹɛʃən/.

What is another word for aggression?

Close synonyms include aggressiveness, hostility. 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 aggression a common word?

aggression is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 aggression?

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