bonus
nounHow many syllables in bonus?
There are 2 syllables in the word bonus.How to pronounce bonus:
Definition of bonus:
- bonus (noun):
- anything that tends to arouse.
- something given, paid, or received above what is due or expected
- something in addition to what is expected or strictly due such as
Synonyms for bonus:
award
benefit
boot money
bounty
commission
contribution
dividend
donation
donative
extra
fillip
gift
grant
gratuity
gravy
gravy train
hand-out
honorarium
incentive
lagniappe
offering
pension
perk
perquisite
premium
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Antonyms for bonus:
amends
amercement
consequence
disadvantage
fine
forfeit
forfeiture
loss
mulct
penalization
penalty
penance
price
punishment
punition
purchase
reparation
retribution
sanction
sentence
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- commerce
- suave
- quarry
- wisdom
- observe
- sadly
- pumice
- meaner
- flower
- allure
- obsess
- famine
- drifted
- chignon
- tubby
- sweeter
- quibble
- fasten
- baffle
- Cora
- straighten
- pompous
- cheery
- gorge
- frisky
- vary
- simply
- awry
- squalid
- burglar
- boldly
- beckons
- pounces
- bravely
- hygiene
- worksheets
- meekly
- patterned
- streamlet
- harbour
- unclothed
- penult
- dwindling
- slogged
- ichor
- commence
- Sanders
- surmount
- decrease
- alludes
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