syncopation

1. 1.

   (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

   Synonymssyncope

   Broaderarticulation

   phonology

2. 2.

   a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

   Broaderrhythm
3. 3.

   music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm

   Broadermusic

   music

Other forms of syncopation

plural

syncopations·

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 syncopation

What does syncopation mean?

syncopation means "(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in syncopation?

syncopation has 4 syllables: syn-co-pa-tion. The stress falls on "syn". In IPA it is /ˈsɪŋkəˌpeɪʃən/.

What is another word for syncopation?

Close synonyms include syncope. 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 syncopation a common word?

syncopation 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 syncopation?

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