congratulations
nounHow many syllables in congratulations?
There are 5 syllables in the word congratulations.How to pronounce congratulations:
Definition of congratulations:
- congratulations (noun):
- a congratulatory expression
- an expression of approval and commendation.
Synonyms for congratulations:
approval
commendation
congratulation
encomium
eulogium
eulogy
extolment
felicitation
good word
kudos
paean
panegyric
pean
praise
recommendation
superlative
testimonial
Antonyms for congratulations:
bad luck
better luck next time
commiserations
hard luck
i'm sorry
i'm sorry to hear
never mind
sorry
that's a shame
what a shame
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- anniversary
- conglomeration
- infrequently
- unmeasurable
- miraculously
- unnaturally
- nonnegotiable
- geometrical
- postmeridian
- reinvigoration
- tumultuously
- consecutively
- undemonstrative
- debilitation
- simplification
- precipitation
- salability
- circumstantially
- quantifiable
- uniformity
- customarily
- emasculated
- appropriately
- unbelievably
- melodramatic
- fashionable
- undeniably
- indefinitely
- evaporation
- multisyllabic
- ameliorate
- inarticulate
- uncapitalized
- invaluable
- auditorium
- insupportable
- unenviable
- unalterable
- recommendable
- impoverishment
- inauspicious
- additionally
- inexhaustible
- unbelievable
- extravaganza
- expressionless
- cavalierly
- maneuverable
- hypnotically
- extenuating
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Ambisyllabicity occurs when a consonant at the boundary of two syllables belongs to both, as in the word 'happen'.
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