regression

Other forms of regression

plural

regressions·

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 regression

What does regression mean?

regression means "an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in regression?

regression has 3 syllables: re-gres-sion. The stress falls on "gres". In IPA it is /ɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/.

What is another word for regression?

Close synonyms include arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, simple regression, regression toward the mean. 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 regression a common word?

regression 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 regression?

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