banishment
verbHow many syllables in banishment?
There are 3 syllables in the word banishment.How to pronounce banishment:
Definition of banishment:
- banishment (verb):
- to require by authority to leave a country
Synonyms for banishment:
anathematisation
anathematization
coventry
debarment
deportation
disbarment
discharge
dismissal
dispersion
displacement
ejection
emigration
eviction
excision
exclusion
excommunication
exile
expatriation
expulsion
extrusion
migration
ostracism
proscription
rejection
relegation
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Antonyms for banishment:
acceptance
admission
admittance
allowance
approval
boarding
import
impulsion
including
inclusion
leasing
permission
receiving
reception
renting
return
welcome
welcoming
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- attempting
- abiding
- uttering
- hijacker
- gallivant
- conquering
- oration
- galloping
- disavowed
- interweave
- pendulum
- ingenu
- fourragère
- earnestness
- destrier
- widower
- unsecure
- sibilant
- pastier
- kilobyte
- guesstimates
- interfered
- exegete
- teachable
- convulse
- harassing
- vicarage
- slave-driver
- occurrent
- weatherize
- away-going
- anyone's
- afternoon's
- attentive
- vacation
- afternoon
- anyone
- violent
- divided
- quarterback
- Picasso
- preEnglish
- architect
- united
- unabridged
- microwave
- impostor
- driveway
- donation
- Christina
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Some languages, like Japanese, are considered mora-timed, where the duration of each syllable (or mora) is approximately equal.
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