consideration

Other forms of consideration

plural

considerations·

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 consideration

What does consideration mean?

consideration means "the process of giving careful thought to something". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in consideration?

consideration has 5 syllables: con-sid-e-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /kənˌsɪdɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for consideration?

Close synonyms include circumstance, condition, considerateness, thoughtfulness, retainer. 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.

What is the opposite of consideration?

The recorded antonyms are inconsideration.

Is consideration a common word?

consideration is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 consideration?

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