devotion

1. 1.

   feelings of ardent love

   “their devotion to each other was beautiful”

   Synonymsdevotedness

   Broaderlove
2. 2.

   commitment to some purpose

   “the devotion of his time and wealth to science”

   Broadercommitment

   Narrowercultismhobbyismfetishparty spirit
3. 3.

   religious zeal; the willingness to serve God

   Synonymsvenerationcultism

   Broaderworship
4. 4.

   (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently)

   “he returned to his devotions”

   Broaderprayer

   NarrowerbhaktinovenaStations

   plural

Other forms of devotion

plural

devotions·

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 devotion

What does devotion mean?

devotion means "feelings of ardent love". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in devotion?

devotion has 3 syllables: de-vo-tion. The stress falls on "vo". In IPA it is /dɪˈvoʊʃən/.

What is another word for devotion?

Close synonyms include devotedness, veneration, cultism. 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 devotion a common word?

devotion 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.