inscription

1. 1.

   letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

   Synonymslettering

   Broaderwriting

   Narrowersuperscriptionepigraphepitaph
2. 2.

   a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

   Synonymsdedication

   Broadermessage

   music · photography

3. 3.

   the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words

   Broaderwriting

   Narrowersuperscription

Other forms of inscription

plural

inscriptions·

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 inscription

What does inscription mean?

inscription means "letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inscription?

inscription has 3 syllables: in-scrip-tion. The stress falls on "scrip". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈskɹɪpʃən/.

What is another word for inscription?

Close synonyms include lettering, dedication. 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 inscription a common word?

inscription 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 inscription?

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