- Types Of Speech
- You can use juxtaposition as a noun in a sentence.
- About Juxtaposition
- A 5 syllables noun and 13 letters with the letters a, i, j, n, o, p, s, t, u, and x, 7 consonants, 6 vowels and 5 syllables with the middle letter o. Juxtaposition starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters j, ju, jux, juxt, juxta, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, ition, ..
- Definition
- The act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
- Origin/Roots
- French
- Compound Words
- A compound word, juxtaposition has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are juxtaposit, and ion.
- School Grade
- Juxtaposition is set as a sat word that starts with j, ends with n, 5 syllables, 6 vowels and 13 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Juxtaposition in Pig Latin is said as "uxtapositionjay or uxtapositionjway".
- Unigram
- j | u | x | t | a | p | o | s | i | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- ju | ux | xt | ta | ap | po | os | si | it | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- jux | uxt | xta | tap | apo | pos | osi | sit | iti | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- juxt | uxta | xtap | tapo | apos | posi | osit | siti | itio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of positioning close together (or side by side);
"it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" - a side-by-side position
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abutment | a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge |
| Abuttal | |
| Accession | the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) "Elizabeth''s accession in 1558" |
| Addition | the act of adding one thing to another "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect" "the addition of a leap day every four years" |
| Adjacency | the attribute of being so near as to be touching |
| Adjoiningness | |
| Adjunct | a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical |
| Adjunction | an act of joining or adjoining things |
| Affixation | the act of attaching or affixing something |
| Agglutination | the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining |
View all cognitive synonyms for Juxtaposition
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Juxtaposition | the act of positioning close together (or side by side) "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" |
View English words with the unique letters used in juxtaposition. Words With The Letters Aijnopstux
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Appose | place side by side or in close proximity |
| Chunk | a compact mass "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" |
| Collocate | group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side |
| Juxtapose | place side by side "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors" |
| Lump | a compact mass "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Emplacement | the act of putting something in a certain place or location |
| Locating | a determination of the location of something "he got a good fix on the target" |
| Location | a point or extent in space |
| Placement | contact established between applicants and prospective employees "the agency provided placement services" |
| Position | the act of positing an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom |
| Positioning | the act of putting something in a certain place or location |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tessellation | the act of adorning with mosaic |
| Title | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Juxtaposition Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With J
- Ends With N

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