defenestrate
nounHow many syllables in defenestrate?
There are 4 syllables in the word defenestrate.How to pronounce defenestrate:
Definition of defenestrate:
- defenestrate (noun):
- a throwing of a person or thing out of a window
Synonyms for defenestrate:
ax
axe
banish
can
cashier
cast out
deforce
deport
discharge
dismiss
displace
dispossess
eject
evict
exile
expatriate
expel
extrude
fire
kick out
muster out
ostracize
oust
pink-slip
read out
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Antonyms for defenestrate:
absorb
accept
admit
allow
allow to enter
appoint
board
coronate
crown
employ
empower
engage
enthrone
fix
give access
hire
hold
impel
include
instal
install
keep
king
lease
leave
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- defecation
- decorating
- deconstructed
- decipherer
- decimetre
- decentralized
- decantation
- decaliter
- dayanara
- daredevil
- damilola
- dalliances
- daddario
- custard apple
- cultivated
- cryptically
- crucifixion
- cruciferous
- criticizing
- criteria
- criminalize
- crepuscular
- crepehangers
- cowardliness
- counterbalance
- cosmology
- coruscation
- correlation
- corporeal
- corporation
- cornelius
- coricidin
- coquettishness
- coquettishly
- copernicus
- copernican
- copenhagen
- convocation
- conveyor belt
- convalescent
- contraflexure
- contradictor
- contradicting
- contingency
- contiguous
- consultative
- consultation
- consultancy
- constitutive
- constellations
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Syllable Fun Fact
The variation in syllable count for the same word between British and American English accents, such as 'secretary', reflects differences in pronunciation standards.
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