immersion

/ˌɪmˈɝʒən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. sinking until covered completely with water
2. (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
3. complete attention; intense mental effort
4. a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
5. the act of wetting something by submerging it

Synonyms for immersion

• submergence
• submerging
• submersion
• ingress
• concentration
• engrossment
• absorption
• ducking
• dousing

Antonyms of immersion

• emersion

Words that rhyme with immersion

• conversion
• inversion
• reversion
• version
• aspersion
• dispersion
• diversion
• incursion
• perversion
• aversion
• excursion
• submersion
• subversion