aversion

Other forms of aversion

plural

aversions·

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 aversion

What does aversion mean?

aversion means "a feeling of intense dislike". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aversion?

aversion has 3 syllables: a-ver-sion. The stress falls on "ver". In IPA it is /əˈvɝʒən/.

What is another word for aversion?

Close synonyms include antipathy, distaste, averting. 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 aversion a common word?

aversion 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 aversion?

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