commencement
How many syllables in commencement?
There are 3 syllables in the word commencement.How to pronounce commencement:
Synonyms for commencement:
alpha
baccalaureate
baseline
beginning
birth
commencement ceremony
commencement exercise
dawn
embarkation
exercise
first
genesis
get-go
graduation
graduation exercise
inauguration
inception
incipiency
infancy
initiation
kickoff
launch
morning
offset
onset
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Antonyms for commencement:
abortion
adjournment
adulthood
being
cessation
close
closing
closing stages
closure
coda
completion
conclusion
concrete
consequence
consummation
culmination
death
decline
demise
denouement
desistance
disadvantage
discontinuance
discontinuation
dismissal
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Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- archival
- novelty
- heavier
- distinctly
- disparate
- burdensome
- attainment
- uninvolved
- tortillas
- blasphemous
- unappeased
- rubbery
- phalanges
- languorous
- integral
- farmyards
- descendants
- coinmaker
- alluding
- alluded
- wildflower
- traveller
- Salbatore
- nitpicky
- naughtiest
- involving
- hemorrhoid
- egestion
- patrolling
- mythical
- murderer
- joyously
- inventive
- fulfillment
- fainthearted
- displeasure
- bookkeeping
- antoinette
- untoward
- extinguished
- enkindled
- consorting
- Ronaldo
- peregrine
- misbehaved
- meaningless
- laissez-faire
- illustrate
- good-looking
- experienced
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Syllable Fun Fact
In English, the presence of silent letters can make syllable counting challenging, as in 'knight' with a silent 'k'.
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