errand
nounHow many syllables in errand?
There are 2 syllables in the word errand.How to pronounce errand:
Definition of errand:
- errand (noun):
- a short trip taken to attend to some business often for another
- a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
Synonyms for errand:
commutation
commute
drive
excursion
expedition
flight
hop
jaunt
journey
junket
outing
peregrination
quest
ride
sally
sortie
tour
trek
trip
voyage
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- playful
- congealed
- stumbling
- firmly
- entreat
- cousin
- e'er
- sucked
- message
- unsure
- slacked
- screeching
- poignant
- laying
- inscribe
- beckoned
- abhor
- scheming
- oblige
- approve
- recline
- licked
- deftly
- discussed
- chastise
- pandered
- sixty
- prancing
- awkward
- cradling
- gloated
- refreshed
- howled
- creeper
- rejoiced
- fervor
- dawdling
- body
- raveled
- fabric
- blotted
- echoed
- rashly
- quivered
- profess
- etched
- sufficed
- plastered
- traverse
- enmesh
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