friar
nounHow many syllables in friar?
There are 2 syllables in the word friar.How to pronounce friar:
Definition of friar:
- friar (noun):
- a member of a mendicant order
- a member of a male Roman Catholic religious order
- a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms.
Synonyms for friar:
abbot
abbé
archbishop
archpriest
augustinian
bishop
black friar
blackfriar
brother
carmelite
chaplain
churchman
clergyman
clergyperson
cleric
clerical
clerk
confessor
curate
curé
deacon
dean
diocesan
divine
dominican
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Antonyms for friar:
believer
follower
laic
laity
layman
layperson
laywoman
member of the congregation
neophyte
non-christian
nonbeliever
parishioner
priestess
proselyte
secular
unordained person
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- fresco
- freon
- freedoms
- freddie
- freckles
- frazzled
- frater
- francois
- francia
- franchi
- frances
- francaise
- fractions
- fractile
- foyer
- fowler
- fourchette
- founded
- fossils
- forswore
- forsook
- format
- foretold
- forensic
- foreman
- foreground
- forecast
- forde
- forces
- forage
- fondant
- follis
- foaming
- fluttered
- flutist
- fluted
- fluorine
- flummoxed
- fluidly
- florist
- floosies
- flogged
- flitted
- flirting
- flinty
- flicking
- flemish
- fleeted
- flashback
- flannel
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