deflation

Other forms of deflation

plural

deflations·

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 deflation

What does deflation mean?

deflation means "(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deflation?

deflation has 3 syllables: de-fla-tion. The stress falls on "fla". In IPA it is /dɪˈfleɪʃən/.

What is the opposite of deflation?

The recorded antonyms are inflation, disinflation, inflation.

Is deflation a common word?

deflation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 deflation?

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