volition

Other forms of volition

plural

volitions·

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 volition

What does volition mean?

volition means "the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in volition?

volition has 3 syllables: vo-lit-ion. The stress falls on "lit". In IPA it is /voʊˈlɪʃən/.

What is another word for volition?

Close synonyms include will, willing. 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 volition a common word?

volition is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 volition?

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