repulsion

Other forms of repulsion

plural

repulsions·

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 repulsion

What does repulsion mean?

repulsion means "the force by which bodies repel one another". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in repulsion?

repulsion has 4 syllables: re-pul-si-on. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for repulsion?

Close synonyms include repulsive force, repugnance, revulsion, horror, standoff. 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.

What is the opposite of repulsion?

The recorded antonyms are attraction.

Is repulsion a common word?

repulsion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.