sensation

Other forms of sensation

plural

sensations·

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 sensation

What does sensation mean?

sensation means "an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sensation?

sensation has 3 syllables: sen-sa-tion. The stress falls on "sa". In IPA it is /sɛnˈseɪʃən/.

What is another word for sensation?

Close synonyms include esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum. 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 sensation a common word?

sensation is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 sensation?

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