bookworm
nounHow many syllables in bookworm?
There are 2 syllables in the word bookworm.How to pronounce bookworm:
Definition of bookworm:
- bookworm (noun):
- a person unusually devoted to reading and study
- a member of the teaching or research staff of a college or university
- a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.
Synonyms for bookworm:
academic
bibliophile
book lover
book reader
bookman
dork
geek
intellectual
nerd
pedant
purist
reader
scholar
scholarly person
scholastic
swot
weenie
wonk
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- siren
- in time
- helping
- have words
- frightened
- having
- robot
- zebras
- heavy
- apples
- auction
- wagons
- cupcakes
- frighten
- vampires
- torrent
- center
- in for
- have down
- walked
- helped
- dancing
- common
- opened
- reader
- covered
- conflict
- nothing
- started
- zebra
- playing
- language
- jumping
- cupcake
- chicken
- vampire
- Christmas
- wagon
- vowel
- also
- because
- above
- at bat
- Hailey
- jazzy
- subject
- shiver
- progress
- gently
- fifty
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Syllable Fun Fact
Schwa, represented by the symbol ə, is a common unstressed and neutral vowel sound in many syllables of English words.
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