notion

Other forms of notion

plural

notions·

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 notion

What does notion mean?

notion means "a vague idea in which some confidence is placed". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in notion?

notion has 2 syllables: no-tion. The stress falls on "no". In IPA it is /ˈnoʊʃən/.

What is another word for notion?

Close synonyms include impression, feeling, belief, opinion, whim. 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 notion a common word?

notion is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.