rumination

Other forms of rumination

plural

ruminations·

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 rumination

What does rumination mean?

rumination means "a calm, lengthy, intent consideration". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rumination?

rumination has 4 syllables: ru-mi-na-tion. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /ˌɹumɪˈneɪʃən/.

What is another word for rumination?

Close synonyms include contemplation, reflection, reflexion, musing, thoughtfulness. 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 rumination a common word?

rumination is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met 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 rumination?

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