locomotion

Other forms of locomotion

plural

locomotions·

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 locomotion

What does locomotion mean?

locomotion means "the power or ability to move". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in locomotion?

locomotion has 4 syllables: lo-co-mo-tion. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˌloʊkəˈmoʊʃən/.

What is another word for locomotion?

Close synonyms include motive power, motivity, travel. 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 locomotion a common word?

locomotion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 locomotion?

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