federation

Other forms of federation

plural

federations·

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 federation

What does federation mean?

federation means "an organization formed by merging several groups or parties". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in federation?

federation has 4 syllables: fed-e-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˌfɛdɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for federation?

Close synonyms include confederation, confederacy. 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 federation a common word?

federation 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 federation?

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