addition

/ədˈɪʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a component that is added to something to improve it
   “the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement”
2. the act of adding one thing to another
   “the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect”
3. a quantity that is added
   “there was an addition to property taxes this year”
4. something added to what you already have
   “the librarian shelved the new accessions”
5. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
6. the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
   “the summation of four and three gives seven”

Synonyms for addition

• add-on
• improver
• increase
• gain
• accession
• summation
• plus

Antonyms of addition

• subtraction

Words that rhyme with addition

• position
• condition
• commission
• composition
• opposition
• recognition
• submission
• transition
• partition
• proposition
• attrition
• decomposition
• emission
• expedition
• mission
• prohibition
• requisition
• transmission
• acquisition
• admission
• apparition
• competition
• deposition
• disposition
• edition
• exposition
• inhibition
• munition
• omission
• patrician