assignment
nounHow many syllables in assignment?
There are 3 syllables in the word assignment.How to pronounce assignment:
Definition of assignment:
- assignment (noun):
- the act of assigning something
- something that has been assigned, such as a task
- a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).
Synonyms for assignment:
appointment
assigning
charge
chore
commission
designation
duty
duty assignment
exercise
fatigue
fatigue duty
grant
guard
guard duty
job
mission
naming
occupation
position
post
project
reassignment
responsibility
sea-duty
sentry go
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Antonyms for assignment:
beginning
collection
disorganisation
disorganization
gathering
hoard
hoarding
hold
holding
juncture
keeping
maintenance
retention
start
store
unemployment
unity
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- remembrance
- ill-tempered
- intrigued
- intercept
- consoling
- Aingeru
- foreshadow
- consisted
- castigate
- cherishing
- hedgehog
- jauntily
- rendezvous
- elided
- poignancy
- affiance
- forcefully
- terrific
- easiest
- verify
- groundbreaking
- omitting
- panicked
- papery
- concoction
- extolling
- Gloucester
- woebegone
- topical
- envying
- eagerness
- glistening
- demolish
- exactly
- upheaval
- seamlessly
- peaceable
- obscuring
- specialize
- disarray
- cozier
- entertained
- sublimely
- entreating
- resounded
- outwardly
- resorted
- talkative
- demurring
- socialise
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
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