city
nounHow many syllables in city?
There are 2 syllables in the word city.How to pronounce city:
Definition of city:
- city (noun):
- any large town
- an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village
- a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts.
Synonyms for city:
central city
city center
city centre
civic center
concrete jungle
conurbation
down town
financial center
inner city
medical center
megalopolis
metropolis
municipal center
municipality
provincial capital
state capital
suburb
town
urban center
Antonyms for city:
backveld
boondocks
country
countryside
farmland
hinterland
outback
outdoors
sticks
wilderness
woodlands
woods
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- August
- across
- ostrich
- should've
- admired
- autumn's
- anxious
- brother
- arrive
- without
- pattern
- middle
- princess
- present
- umpire
- tulip
- phoneme
- lucky
- entire
- circle
- although
- alive
- allowed
- using
- story
- locked
- ever
- dinner
- below
- basic
- apart
- getting
- whistle
- roses
- kitten
- confused
- chorus
- gorgeous
- awesome
- April
- ready
- practice
- enough
- study
- business
- snowman
- running
- admire
- arrived
- the-clouds
- … more
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