traction

Other forms of traction

plural

tractions·

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 traction

What does traction mean?

traction means "the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in traction?

traction has 2 syllables: trac-tion. The stress falls on "trac". In IPA it is /ˈtɹækʃən/.

What is another word for traction?

Close synonyms include grip, adhesive friction. 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 traction a common word?

traction 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 traction?

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