gimmick
nounHow many syllables in gimmick?
There are 2 syllables in the word gimmick.How to pronounce gimmick:
Definition of gimmick:
- gimmick (noun):
- any clever maneuver.
- something designed to attract attention or publicity
- a mechanical device for secretly and dishonestly controlling gambling apparatus
Synonyms for gimmick:
bluff
catch
contrivance
device
dodge
doodad
doohickey
doojigger
fast one
fetch
flimflam
gambit
gismo
gizmo
gubbins
jig
knack
maneuver
manoeuvre
mnemonic
ploy
ruse
scheme
sleight
sleight of hand
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Antonyms for gimmick:
candor
candour
directness
facing
failure
fairness
forthrightness
frankness
honesty
honor
honour
ignorance
inability
inactivity
incapacity
innocence
meeting
misunderstanding
openness
reality
seriousness
simplicity
sincerity
stagnation
stupidity
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- Loewe
- maestro
- broadly
- pamper
- Tory
- sorest
- prances
- Harva
- forsee
- beshrew
- Maona
- acre
- bald-faced
- swishing
- endow
- yearning
- loading
- forenoon
- trainer
- abase
- gangly
- binded
- kinsfolk
- spoilsport
- quae
- sexy
- polite
- cajole
- escape
- hog score
- bigger
- amused
- protect
- passion
- naughty
- morning
- troubled
- averred
- flickered
- shouted
- vacant
- symbol
- loosely
- morsel
- dispel
- sentient
- forlorn
- observes
- eveness
- garbled
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Light syllables, having short vowels and no ending consonant, often occur in unstressed positions in polysyllabic words.
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