illustration

Other forms of illustration

plural

illustrations·

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 illustration

What does illustration mean?

illustration means "artwork that helps make something clear or attractive". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in illustration?

illustration has 4 syllables: il-lu-stra-tion. The stress falls on "stra". In IPA it is /ˌɪləˈstɹeɪʃən/.

What is another word for illustration?

Close synonyms include exemplification, example, instance, representative. 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 illustration a common word?

illustration 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 illustration?

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