alacrity
nounHow many syllables in alacrity?
There are 4 syllables in the word alacrity.How to pronounce alacrity:
Definition of alacrity:
- alacrity (noun):
- speed or eagerness
- liveliness and eagerness.
- promptness in response cheerful readiness
Synonyms for alacrity:
alertness
amenability
avidity
briskness
celerity
cheerfulness
dispatch
eagerness
enthusiasm
gaiety
goodwill
hilarity
joyousness
life
liveliness
promptness
quickness
rapidity
readiness
smartness
speed
spirit
sprightliness
swiftness
willingness
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Antonyms for alacrity:
alienation
aloofness
antipathy
apathy
averseness
aversion
aversion to
backwardness
backwardness in coming forward
belatedness
blockage
calm
carefulness
casualness
clumsiness
complacence
coolness
coyness
delay
deliberateness
deliberation
demur
demurral
denial
detachment
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- overfasting
- expedition
- Aditya
- sedentary
- obliquely
- Ariadne
- binocular
- commodity
- loquacious
- concentration
- nonflammable
- enunciate
- dysentery
- prioritize
- candidature
- parenthesis
- spontaneity
- pentameter
- anatomy
- voluminous
- officiate
- loveliness
- ancillary
- accessory
- infinitely
- haemoglobin
- townspeople
- perceptible
- overridden
- schizophrenic
- carbohydrate
- intransigent
- magically
- indefinite
- illegalize
- proficiently
- resistible
- jubilation
- locational
- unknowable
- untenanted
- mesmerising
- despondency
- chromatosis
- ultimatum
- troglodytic
- aromatic
- transmogrify
- corruptible
- complexify
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