flexion

Other forms of flexion

plural

flexions·

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 flexion

What does flexion mean?

flexion means "the state of being flexed (as of a joint)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flexion?

flexion has 2 syllables: flex-ion. The stress falls on "flex". In IPA it is /ˈflɛkʃən/.

What is another word for flexion?

Close synonyms include flexure, flection, inflection, flection, flexure. 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.

What is the opposite of flexion?

The recorded antonyms are extension.

Is flexion a common word?

flexion 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 flexion?

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