athletic
How many syllables in athletic?
There are 3 syllables in the word athletic.How to pronounce athletic:
Synonyms for athletic:
able-bodied
acrobatic
active
agile
balletic
beefy
brawny
burly
coordinated
dexterous
energetic
fit
flexible
forceful
forcible
gymnastic
healthy
hearty
hefty
hench
herculean
hulking
husky
lusty
mighty
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Antonyms for athletic:
a wreck
afflicted
ailing
anaemic
anemic
asthenic
below par
bilious
brittle
crippled
debilitated
decrepit
delicate
disabled
diseased
doddering
down
effete
enervated
enfeebled
faint
fat
feeble
flabby
fragile
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Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- weenier
- prosperous
- Phoenicia
- neurotic
- dissuade
- skeletal
- salience
- judicial
- execute
- delimit
- adviser
- suggestive
- measurement
- malarkey
- faithfully
- erroneous
- criterion
- alarming
- malignant
- insurance
- houseclean
- frostiness
- envision
- croquette
- compression
- climbing wall
- begotten
- awe-stricken
- tidiness
- saddlebow
- punctuate
- mischievous
- management
- elbowrooms
- devastate
- cinchona
- billowing
- beguiling
- beautician
- uprising
- uncherished
- pillowcase
- marianne
- gazpacho
- donegal
- desperate
- sniffily
- proportion
- overtax
- derelict
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Syllable Fun Fact
Ambisyllabicity occurs when a consonant at the boundary of two syllables belongs to both, as in the word 'happen'.
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