authority
nounHow many syllables in authority?
There are 4 syllables in the word authority.How to pronounce authority:
Definition of authority:
- authority (noun):
- the power or right to give orders or make decisions.
- a decision-making organization or government department
- power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behavior
Synonyms for authority:
ace
adept
administration
agency
artist
assurance
authorisation
authorization
big brother
bureau
carte blanche
command
confidence
connoisseur
consultant
control
crackerjack
dab hand
dominance
expert
federal agency
fiend
geek
government
government agency
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Antonyms for authority:
debility
deficiency
disability
disadvantage
dispossession
failure
feebleness
frailty
futility
helplessness
hopelessness
impotence
impotency
inability
inadequacy
inaptitude
incapability
incapacitation
incapacity
incompetence
incompetency
ineffectiveness
ineffectuality
ineffectualness
inefficacy
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- Maricela
- homecoming
- experiential
- Avyanna
- unprovident
- reputation
- disoriented
- delirious
- saltarelli
- Minnesota
- spectacular
- collaborate
- volunteer
- underlying
- melancholic
- utopia
- immigration
- Colorado
- aquarium
- motorcycle
- Argentina
- plebeian
- avalanche
- antithesis
- Teresita
- rebellion's
- Gitanjali
- constellation
- chandeliers
- Azucena
- illuminates
- superstition
- opposition
- Migdalia
- Evelia
- chameleon
- Cecilia
- catholicize
- cartography
- bourgeoisie
- Angelina
- calamity
- illustrator
- Daniella
- Avianna
- credulity
- Viviana
- raskolniki
- rambunctious
- complication
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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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