excitation

Other forms of excitation

plural

excitations·

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 excitation

What does excitation mean?

excitation means "the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in excitation?

excitation has 4 syllables: ex-ci-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌɛksaɪˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for excitation?

Close synonyms include excitement, inflammation, fervor, fervour, innervation. 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 excitation a common word?

excitation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 excitation?

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