commotion

Other forms of commotion

plural

commotions·

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 commotion

What does commotion mean?

commotion means "a disorderly outburst or tumult". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in commotion?

commotion has 3 syllables: com-mo-tion. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /kəˈmoʊʃən/.

What is another word for commotion?

Close synonyms include disturbance, disruption, flutter, hurly burly, to-do. 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 commotion a common word?

commotion 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 commotion?

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