forte
How many syllables in forte?
There are 2 syllables in the word forte.How to pronounce forte:
Synonyms for forte:
aptitude
area
asset
business
department
discipline
domain
field
gift
green fingers
green thumb
long suit
metier
métier
plus
speciality
specialty
strength
strong point
strong suit
talent
tendency
thing
vocation
Antonyms for forte:
achilles heel
awkwardness
blemish
catch
chink in the armor
chink in your armour
clumsiness
crack
defect
deficiency
demerit
dereliction
difficulty
disability
disadvantage
disinclination
disvalue
downside
drawback
error
failing
failure
fallibility
fault
flaw
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- squelchy
- partake
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- snaggy
- pleasured
- nacket
- slumpy
- slitty
- shunning
- relent
- refrained
- pathos
- o'clock
- Mabel
- gurgled
- gainsbourgh
- flip-flop
- deplete
- chastised
- cesspit
- buzzing
- burlesque
- rancid
- insists
- bandaged
- trinkle
- throbbing
- supplant
- strapping
- smacked
- parlance
- methene
- lowly
- hopper
- hartbeest
- folly
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