denomination

Other forms of denomination

plural

denominations·

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 denomination

What does denomination mean?

denomination means "a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in denomination?

denomination has 5 syllables: de-no-mi-na-tion. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /dɪˌnɔməˈneɪʃən/.

What is another word for denomination?

Close synonyms include appellation, designation, appellative. 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 denomination a common word?

denomination 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 denomination?

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