constipation

Other forms of constipation

plural

constipations·

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 constipation

What does constipation mean?

constipation means "irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in constipation?

constipation has 4 syllables: con-sti-pa-tion. The stress falls on "pa". In IPA it is /ˌkɑnstəˈpeɪʃən/.

What is another word for constipation?

Close synonyms include irregularity, stultification, impairment, deadening. 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 constipation a common word?

constipation 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 constipation?

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