propulsion

Other forms of propulsion

plural

propulsions·

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 propulsion

What does propulsion mean?

propulsion means "a propelling force". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in propulsion?

propulsion has 3 syllables: pro-pul-sion. The stress falls on "pul". In IPA it is /pɹəˈpʌlʃən/.

What is another word for propulsion?

Close synonyms include actuation. 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 propulsion a common word?

propulsion 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.

What rhymes with propulsion?

1 word rhymes with propulsion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.