divination

Other forms of divination

plural

divinations·

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 divination

What does divination mean?

divination means "successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in divination?

divination has 4 syllables: div-i-na-tion. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /ˌdɪvəˈneɪʃən/.

What is another word for divination?

Close synonyms include prophecy, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling. 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 divination a common word?

divination 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 divination?

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