apprehension

Other forms of apprehension

plural

apprehensions·

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 apprehension

What does apprehension mean?

apprehension means "fearful expectation or anticipation". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in apprehension?

apprehension has 4 syllables: ap-pre-hen-sion. The stress falls on "hen". In IPA it is /ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnʃən/.

What is another word for apprehension?

Close synonyms include apprehensiveness, dread, understanding, discernment, savvy. 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 apprehension a common word?

apprehension 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 apprehension?

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