happening
nounDivide happening into syllables:
hap · pen · ing
How to pronounce happening:
Definition of happening:
- happening (noun):
- an event that happens.
- something that happens occurrence
- an event that often occurs in a way that is unexpected or hard to explain
Synonyms for happening:
accident
accompaniment
adventure
affair
alteration
appearance
attendant
avalanche
beginning
black eye
blow
bonanza
boom
break
bunce
burst
case
chance
chance event
change
co-occurrence
collapse
computer error
conclusion
concomitant
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Antonyms for happening:
abandoned
aged
anachronistic
ancient
antediluvian
antiquated
antique
archaic
at an end
backward
bad
badly-tailored
bedraggled
beggarly
behind the times
boring
bygone
casual
cheap
cheesy
conservative
crummy
crusty
dated
dead
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Other 3-syllable words like happening
Here are some other common words that have 3 syllables, like happening does.
- refurbish
- Jamaica
- impairment
- kerfuffle
- lopsided
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- cassareep
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- convulsed
- inquiry
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- untrodden
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- Heramba
- misdial
- doubleyou
- descended
- hearkening
- raspberry
- umbrageous
- unflagging
- unison
- rickety
- hereof
- Rubenesque
- tentative
- manyfold
- chimera
- Fukiko
- interval
- Nevada
- preordained
- reuniting
- unfasten
- assuming
- faithfulness
- papilla
- overtop
- reassurance
- vibrancy
- peridot
- downtrodden
- eviler
- helpfulness
- pattering
- stadium
- bona fide
- ruggedness
- subpoena
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