isolation

Other forms of isolation

plural

isolations·

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 isolation

What does isolation mean?

isolation means "a state of separation between persons or groups". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in isolation?

isolation has 4 syllables: i-so-la-tion. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/.

What is another word for isolation?

Close synonyms include closing off. 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 isolation a common word?

isolation 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 isolation?

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