lotion

Other forms of lotion

plural

lotions·

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 lotion

What does lotion mean?

lotion means "any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lotion?

lotion has 2 syllables: lo-tion. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /ˈloʊʃən/.

What is another word for lotion?

Close synonyms include application. 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 lotion a common word?

lotion 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.