figurehead
nounHow many syllables in figurehead?
There are 4 syllables in the word figurehead.How to pronounce figurehead:
Definition of figurehead:
- figurehead (noun):
- the carved figure on a ship's bow
- a person used as a cover for some questionable activity.
- a person who is formally the head of a movement or an organization, but has no real authority
Synonyms for figurehead:
beguiler
bust
carving
cheat
cheater
cipher
doll
dolly
dummy
figurine
front
front man
frontman or woman or person
hand puppet
leader in name only
man of straw
marionette
model
mouthpiece
name
nominal head
nonentity
puppet
sculpture
slicker
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Antonyms for figurehead:
apostle
bootlicker
disciple
employee
follower
lackey
member
minion
participant
protege
pupil
servant
sidekick
supporter
vassal
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- insincerely
- alhidada
- typewriter
- renounceable
- golden-ager
- brotherliness
- unorganized
- civility
- simplicity
- circumfluent
- hektoliter
- dishonesty
- reincarnated
- instituted
- excusable
- imprisonment
- bibliophile
- Miakoda
- polyphonic
- commiserate
- experiences
- ninety four ...
- tilapia
- comprehended
- inflatable
- beleaguer
- horticulture
- equity
- registration
- hypophora
- merry-go-round
- pitifully
- difficulty
- Cecelia
- roller-coaster
- ramoth-gilead
- posterior
- Cleopatra
- homogenize
- humidifies
- elongated
- dirty old man
- similitude
- glove compartment
- liquidation
- fugacious
- titillation
- telepathy
- Ellianna
- attribution
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Syllable Fun Fact
Schwa, represented by the symbol ə, is a common unstressed and neutral vowel sound in many syllables of English words.
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