displacement
nounHow many syllables in displacement?
There are 3 syllables in the word displacement.How to pronounce displacement:
Definition of displacement:
- displacement (noun):
- the act of displacing
- the act or process of displacing the state of being displaced
- act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
Synonyms for displacement:
banishment
deportation
deracination
dispersion
displacement reaction
emigration
exile
expulsion
migration
ousting
replacement
shift
substitution
superseding
supplanting
translation
usurping
Antonyms for displacement:
arrangement
calm
inaction
inactivity
juncture
method
order
orderliness
organisation
organization
stagnation
system
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- dispersal
- dispenser
- dishonor
- disheartened
- disgraceful
- disembarked
- diseases
- discolour
- disbelief
- disalign
- directive
- dioxide
- diona
- diomedes
- dinero
- dimatic
- digestive
- diety
- dieter
- dieing
- dictative
- diaper
- dianthus
- dialect
- devilment
- devilish
- devalue
- deterrent
- deterge
- destinal
- despatched
- depressing
- depictor
- departures
- department
- dentistry
- dentician
- deniest
- denali
- demigod
- dementia
- demented
- demagogue
- delusion
- deloitte
- delgado
- degassing
- defenceless
- deescalate
- deduction
- … more
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