contraption
nounHow many syllables in contraption?
There are 3 syllables in the word contraption.How to pronounce contraption:
Definition of contraption:
- contraption (noun):
- device, gadget
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
Synonyms for contraption:
accessory
appliance
contrivance
convenience
device
gadget
gadgetry
gimbal
gimmick
gismo
gizmo
injector
innovation
instrument
jigger
mechanism
mod con
tool
widget
Antonyms for contraption:
debt
destruction
disorganisation
disorganization
ignorance
impotence
inability
incapacity
incompetence
lack
need
permanent
poverty
ruin
stupidity
weakness
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- deleted
- careening
- entrancement
- embarkment
- apasote
- selfishly
- leisurely
- adjoining
- itemize
- bloodcurdling
- disconcert
- neumatic
- dispatched
- eulogize
- accustom
- liquidy
- intitle
- covering
- notable
- India
- subsiding
- skillfully
- supplying
- petulant
- assignment
- remembrance
- ill-tempered
- intrigued
- intercept
- consoling
- Aingeru
- foreshadow
- consisted
- castigate
- cherishing
- hedgehog
- jauntily
- rendezvous
- elided
- poignancy
- affiance
- forcefully
- terrific
- easiest
- verify
- groundbreaking
- omitting
- panicked
- papery
- concoction
- … more
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