encouragement
How many syllables in encouragement?
There are 4 syllables in the word encouragement.How to pronounce encouragement:
Synonyms for encouragement:
abetment
abettal
aid
approval
boost
catalyst
cheer
cheering
comfort
comforting
commendation
consolation
favour
fosterage
fostering
fuel
furtherance
goad
goading
help
impetus
impulse
incentive
incitement
inspiration
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Antonyms for encouragement:
annoyance
block
blow
check
counterincentive
denunciation
depressant
derision
deterrent
disbelief
discouragement
disincentive
distrust
doubt
gloom
hindering
hindrance
hurt
impediment
inertia
injury
pull
tranquilizer
tranquilliser
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- amputation
- ambassador
- kilometre
- directory
- subjugated
- deprivation
- curmudgeon
- exorbitant
- understated
- sterilizer
- introspective
- citizenship
- preregister
- cataphoric
- bombardiers
- miniature
- kleptocratic
- discontinuing
- celebrating
- perilously
- homogeneous
- political
- nine eleven
- charitable
- alveolar
- visualize
- modernizer
- vitiligo
- profitable
- antipathy
- separable
- exclamation
- retractable
- frugality
- obsessively
- con anima
- voyeuristic
- graciousness
- triple-tongue
- convincible
- adulterous
- unsensitized
- mysticism
- magnificence
- complimented
- studiously
- renovation
- ponderously
- ineffective
- debaucherous
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Syllable Fun Fact
Flapping, a feature of American English, affects the pronunciation of 't' and 'd' between vowels, influencing syllable clarity and perception.
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