invasion

1. 1.

   the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder

   Broaderpenetration

   Narrowerinroad
2. 2.

   any entry into an area not previously occupied

   “an invasion of tourists”

   “an invasion of locusts”

   Synonymsencroachmentintrusion

   Broaderentrance
3. 3.

   (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body

   “the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures”

   Broaderspread

   medicine

Other forms of invasion

plural

invasions·

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 invasion

What does invasion mean?

invasion means "the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in invasion?

invasion has 3 syllables: in-va-sion. The stress falls on "va". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈveɪʒən/.

What is another word for invasion?

Close synonyms include encroachment, intrusion. 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 invasion a common word?

invasion is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 invasion?

1 word rhymes with invasion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.