imbecile
nounHow many syllables in imbecile?
There are 3 syllables in the word imbecile.How to pronounce imbecile:
Definition of imbecile:
- imbecile (noun):
- a foolish or stupid person
- an extremely stupid person
- a person of subnormal intelligence.
Synonyms for imbecile:
airhead
berk
blockhead
bogan
bonehead
bubblehead
bungler
changeling
charlie
chucklehead
chump
clown
coot
cretin
deadhead
dickhead
dickwit
dimwit
dipstick
divvy
dolt
donkey
doofus
dope
dorba or dorb
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Antonyms for imbecile:
being
brain
brainbox
brainiac
brains
braniac
egghead
einstein
entity
genius
handyman
intellect
intellectual
mastermind
polymath
rocket scientist
sage
smart aleck
thinker
wiseacre
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- zombify
- lifeboat
- renovate
- justify
- inflection
- evasion
- discolors
- aftertaste
- sedulous
- overmuch
- finagling
- benumbed
- antique
- Anchorage
- oddity
- tyrannize
- schismatic
- novelette
- misstated
- flavoursome
- exalting
- bigheaded
- sexism
- granola
- Cytherea
- unthankful
- decadence
- unshackle
- nunavut
- emphatic
- distinction
- dispirit
- savory
- inversely
- wantonness
- qualify
- sulphurous
- schematics
- parsable
- negligee
- careworn
- adorer
- upside down
- bountiful
- unyielding
- roguishly
- ransacked
- feasible
- well-favored
- unlikely
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