absence
How many syllables in absence?
There are 2 syllables in the word absence.How to pronounce absence:
Synonyms for absence:
absence seizure
absenteeism
awayness
break
deficiency
lack
leave
need
needfulness
nonappearance
nonattendance
recess
shortage
time off
truancy
vacation
want
Antonyms for absence:
appearance
attendance
being
companionship
company
existence
occupation
presence
showing
showing up
turning up
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- shorter
- reckon
- census
- tumult
- chopping
- uttered
- glaring
- chitin
- dia
- unfit
- parlour
- mournful
- fastest
- despot
- cellphone
- quotient
- pieces
- needn't
- satire
- neater
- aspect
- smoothest
- ogre
- bursted
- gamut
- equine
- distraught
- Lucien
- crotchet
- carring
- blankly
- scruple
- tasteless
- stopper
- cackling
- denied
- wicket
- shrilly
- virtue
- landmark
- defect
- sightly
- unmoor
- orchard
- nurture
- haggard
- batton
- viewpoint
- merchant
- kindly
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Syllable Fun Fact
Secondary stress refers to the minor emphasis that can occur on additional syllables in longer words, distinct from the primary stress.
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