antagonism

Other forms of antagonism

plural

antagonisms·

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 antagonism

What does antagonism mean?

antagonism means "a state of deep-seated ill-will". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in antagonism?

antagonism has 5 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ænˈtæɡəˌnɪzəm/.

What is another word for antagonism?

Close synonyms include hostility, enmity. 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 antagonism a common word?

antagonism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 antagonism?

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