Word.ws English Dictionary

contemption

contemption noun: synonym of contempt.

Noun

contemption (plural contemptions)

  1. Synonym of contempt
    Synonyms:
    contempt

Synonyms of contemption

Forms of contemption

pluralcontemptions

Origin of contemption

From Latin contemptio.

Questions about contemption

What does contemption mean?
Contemption means synonym of contempt.
What part of speech is contemption?
Contemption is a noun.
What is the plural of contemption?
The plural of contemption is contemptions.

Words near contemption in the dictionary

  1. contemptibilities
  2. contemptibility
  3. contemptible
  4. contemptibleness
  5. contemptibly
  6. contemption
  7. contemptive
  8. contemptives
  9. contempts
  10. contempts of court
  11. contemptuosities

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: contemption (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “contemption.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/contemption. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.