recreation

Other forms of recreation

plural

recreations·

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 recreation

What does recreation mean?

recreation means "an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in recreation?

recreation has 4 syllables: rec-re-a-tion. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˌɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for recreation?

Close synonyms include diversion, refreshment. 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 recreation a common word?

recreation 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 recreation?

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