fireball
nounHow many syllables in fireball?
There are 3 syllables in the word fireball.How to pronounce fireball:
Definition of fireball:
- fireball (noun):
- a ball of fire
- something resembling such a ball
- the luminous center of a nuclear explosion.
Synonyms for fireball:
atomic explosion
ball of fire
bolide
dynamo
globe
human dynamo
nuclear explosion
orb
pistol
powerhouse
Antonyms for fireball:
bum
deadbeat
failure
freeloader
idler
layabout
loafer
loser
ne'er-do-well
shirker
skiver
waster
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- pictograph
- goofier
- dishevelled
- Alfredo
- pixieish
- Matteo
- Ljubljana
- featherlike
- nemesis
- antenna
- speechify
- curlier
- armada
- Jillian
- engulfed
- demonstrate
- butterscotch
- devices
- captious
- boredom
- synergy
- bedraggled
- astonish
- robotic
- affliction
- windlestraw
- enthusiast
- dorothy
- disarranged
- mandarin
- adapted
- elation
- Alpia
- discourteous
- buccaneer
- allotype
- discommode
- villainous
- mineral
- infamous
- aqua
- petitor
- cutlery
- inspissate
- dumbfounded
- Netherlands
- scapegoat
- sandcastle
- lateral
- forthrightness
- … more
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