excursion
nounHow many syllables in excursion?
There are 3 syllables in the word excursion.How to pronounce excursion:
Definition of excursion:
- excursion (noun):
- a journey taken for pleasure.
- a going out or forth expedition
Synonyms for excursion:
airing
detour
digression
expedition
field trip
hike
jaunt
journey
journeying
junket
odyssey
outing
pleasure trip
ramble
sally
sashay
sortie
spin
tour
travel(s)
voyage
walk
Antonyms for excursion:
dormancy
idleness
immobility
immovability
inaction
inactivity
indolence
inertness
laziness
motionlessness
otiosity
quiescence
rigidity
stagnation
stasis
stillness
suspension
torpidity
torpor
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- unopened
- assailant
- savable
- grotesquely
- circuitous
- tamable
- captain's mast
- abnegate
- marvellous
- perversely
- eagerly
- blearily
- occasion
- generous
- terribly
- coaxing
- staggering
- improvise
- sand-castle
- proudly
- goofiness
- misstepping
- unending
- splendidly
- quarreling
- overwhelms
- anytime
- recognise
- deterrence
- wondering
- Phaeacia
- assembled
- geogu'eb
- inscription
- minuend
- liberate
- disdainful
- acquaintance
- astounded
- assuage
- secular
- stunningly
- lovable
- acquiesce
- exclaiming
- genuinely
- painfully
- proudest
- pleasantries
- sheepishly
- … more
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