conviction

Other forms of conviction

plural

convictions·

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 conviction

What does conviction mean?

conviction means "an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conviction?

conviction has 3 syllables: con-vic-tion. The stress falls on "vic". In IPA it is /kənˈvɪkʃən/.

What is another word for conviction?

Close synonyms include strong belief, article of faith, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence. 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 conviction?

The recorded antonyms are acquittal.

Is conviction a common word?

conviction 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 conviction?

1 word rhymes with conviction. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.