friction

Other forms of friction

plural

frictions·

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 friction

What does friction mean?

friction means "a state of conflict between persons". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in friction?

friction has 2 syllables: fric-tion. The stress falls on "fric". In IPA it is /ˈfɹɪkʃən/.

What is another word for friction?

Close synonyms include clash, rubbing, detrition, rubbing. 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 friction a common word?

friction 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.