infatuation

Other forms of infatuation

plural

infatuations·

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 infatuation

What does infatuation mean?

infatuation means "a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in infatuation?

infatuation has 5 syllables: in-fat-u-a-tion. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˌfætʃuˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for infatuation?

Close synonyms include puppy love, calf love, crush. 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 infatuation a common word?

infatuation 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.

What rhymes with infatuation?

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