contingency
nounHow many syllables in contingency?
There are 4 syllables in the word contingency.How to pronounce contingency:
Definition of contingency:
- contingency (noun):
- a contingent event or condition such as
- a possible event or occurrence or result.
- something dependent on a possible future event
Synonyms for contingency:
accident
case
chance
contingence
contingent
emergency
event
eventuality
fortuity
happening
incident
juncture
natural event
occurrence
possibility
probability
uncertainty
Antonyms for contingency:
advantage
bad luck
blessing
calm
certainty
definiteness
design
good fortune
impossibility
improbability
inevitability
misfortune
peace
plan
reality
solution
surety
truth
unlikelihood
unlikeliness
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- contiguous
- consultative
- consultation
- consultancy
- constitutive
- constellations
- consortium
- considerance
- conservator
- conservative
- conquistador
- coniferous
- confiscated
- conestoga
- conditioner
- condemnation
- conceptual
- concepcion
- concentual
- concentrated
- comradery
- competitor
- communital
- commodities
- commissary
- commercialised
- commentary
- commendation
- come-at-able
- colostomy
- colloquium
- collegial
- cohabitant
- clarifying
- civilian
- circumstances
- circumcision
- christianity
- chlorination
- chiroptera
- chincherinchees
- chimichanga
- chevalier
- cherrapunji
- chemerical
- cheiloschisis
- chariotest
- characterised
- characterful
- chapultepec
- … more
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