consolation

Other forms of consolation

plural

consolations·

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 consolation

What does consolation mean?

consolation means "the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in consolation?

consolation has 4 syllables: con-so-la-tion. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˌkɑnsəˈleɪʃən/.

What is another word for consolation?

Close synonyms include solace, solacement, comfort, solace. 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 consolation a common word?

consolation 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 consolation?

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