designation

Other forms of designation

plural

designations·

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 designation

What does designation mean?

designation means "identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in designation?

designation has 4 syllables: des-ig-na-tion. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /ˌdɛzəɡˈneɪʃən/.

What is another word for designation?

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

designation 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 designation?

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