derision

Other forms of derision

plural

derisions·

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 derision

What does derision mean?

derision means "contemptuous laughter". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in derision?

derision has 3 syllables: de-ris-ion. The stress falls on "ris". In IPA it is /dɚˈɪʒən/.

What is another word for derision?

Close synonyms include ridicule. 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 derision a common word?

derision 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 derision?

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