destination

Other forms of destination

plural

destinations·

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 destination

What does destination mean?

destination means "the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in destination?

destination has 4 syllables: des-ti-na-tion. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃən/.

What is another word for destination?

Close synonyms include finish, goal, terminus, address, name and address. 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 destination a common word?

destination is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 destination?

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