escape
verbHow many syllables in escape?
There are 2 syllables in the word escape.How to pronounce escape:
Definition of escape:
- escape (verb):
- to get away (as by flight)
- to get away or break free from (confinement)
Synonyms for escape:
bilk
break
break away
break loose
break out
elude
escape from
evade
flee
fly
get away
shake
shake off
slip
take flight
throw off
Antonyms for escape:
abide
bide
carry on
carry on being
continue
continue to be
go on being
keep
linger
perdure
remain
stay
stay on
stay put
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- hog score
- bigger
- amused
- protect
- passion
- naughty
- morning
- troubled
- averred
- flickered
- shouted
- vacant
- symbol
- loosely
- morsel
- dispel
- sentient
- forlorn
- observes
- eveness
- garbled
- cajoled
- reshot
- adores
- tougher
- ruckus
- taunting
- brightened
- chasm
- blundered
- shooed
- glided
- unclear
- sundae
- touter
- pummeled
- languid
- digged
- smugly
- drily
- skulked
- zenith
- sprinkled
- loitered
- deers
- marvelled
- prowled
- glumly
- hyphen
- gentlest
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Secondary stress refers to the minor emphasis that can occur on additional syllables in longer words, distinct from the primary stress.
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