baton
nounHow many syllables in baton?
There are 2 syllables in the word baton.How to pronounce baton:
Definition of baton:
- baton (noun):
- billy club
- cudgel, truncheon
- a short stick or something shaped like one
- a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir.
Synonyms for baton:
bastinado
bat
billy
billy club
billystick
bludgeon
cane
club
crook
cudgel
hammer
mace
mallet
mere
nightstick
patu
pole
rod
sceptre
shillelagh
staff
stake
stick
truncheon
wand
Antonyms for baton:
pebble
rock
stone
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- sneering
- looing
- valor
- stacked
- rusted
- Pierre
- managed
- larger
- trebled
- reest
- reclaim
- neo
- godlike
- embarked
- Chinue
- sundown
- steward
- gio
- Fuji
- deflect
- builder
- tag end
- morpheme
- inflict
- hunching
- grasslike
- glimmered
- corralled
- arbol
- abreast
- seaweed
- comrade
- collied
- co-boss
- aces
- puzzle
- pauper
- giffy
- coaxed
- tabloid
- piglet
- flurried
- fairies
- diver
- custard
- bowing
- Aden
- giggling
- coolly
- arbor
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
In certain poetic forms, like the sonnet, syllable count per line is strictly regulated to achieve a specific rhythmic effect.
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