molestation

Other forms of molestation

plural

molestations·

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 molestation

What does molestation mean?

molestation means "the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in molestation?

molestation has 4 syllables: mo-le-sta-tion. The stress falls on "sta". In IPA it is /ˌmoʊlɛˈsteɪʃən/.

What is another word for molestation?

Close synonyms include harassment. 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 molestation a common word?

molestation 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 molestation?

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