treason

Other forms of treason

plural

treasons·

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 treason

What does treason mean?

treason means "a crime that undermines the offender's government". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in treason?

treason has 2 syllables: trea-son. The stress falls on "trea". In IPA it is /ˈtɹizən/.

What is another word for treason?

Close synonyms include high treason, lese majesty, subversiveness, traitorousness, treachery. 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 treason a common word?

treason 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.