degradation

Other forms of degradation

plural

degradations·

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 degradation

What does degradation mean?

degradation means "changing to a lower state (a less respected state)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in degradation?

degradation has 4 syllables: deg-ra-da-tion. The stress falls on "da". In IPA it is /ˌdɛɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/.

What is another word for degradation?

Close synonyms include debasement, abasement, abjection. 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 degradation a common word?

degradation 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 degradation?

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