objection

Other forms of objection

plural

objections·

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 objection

What does objection mean?

objection means "the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in objection?

objection has 3 syllables: ob-jec-tion. The stress falls on "jec". In IPA it is /əbˈdʒɛkʃən/.

What is another word for objection?

Close synonyms include expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration, protest, dissent. 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 objection a common word?

objection 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.

What rhymes with objection?

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