junction

Other forms of junction

plural

junctions·

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 junction

What does junction mean?

junction means "the place where two or more things come together". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in junction?

junction has 2 syllables: junc-tion. The stress falls on "junc". In IPA it is /ˈdʒʌŋkʃən/.

What is another word for junction?

Close synonyms include conjunction, conjugation, colligation, articulation, join. 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 junction a common word?

junction 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 junction?

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