intelligentsia
nounHow many syllables in intelligentsia?
There are 4 syllables in the word intelligentsia.How to pronounce intelligentsia:
Definition of intelligentsia:
- intelligentsia (noun):
- an educated and intellectual elite.
- the educated or intellectual people in a society
- intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
Synonyms for intelligentsia:
avant-garde
bloggerati
clerisy
culturati
eggheads
elect
elite
elite group
highbrows
illuminati
intellectuals
literati
masterminds
prime
the learned
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- integrated
- insufficient
- institution
- installation
- inspiringly
- insoluble
- insignia
- insecticides
- insatiably
- inodorous
- innovator
- initiated
- inhibition
- inherited
- influenza
- infirmity
- infinitive
- inferences
- inerrancy
- indiana
- indentation
- incontinent
- incognizant
- inclination
- inclemency
- incinerates
- incestuous
- inarguable
- inanimate
- impurities
- impresora
- importation
- impediments
- immunity
- immolated
- imformation
- illustrative
- illusory
- illuminer
- ilegible
- ignoramus
- idonia
- idolatry
- idiocy
- identical
- idalia
- ichthyophagist
- hypothesised
- hypoglossal
- hypodermic
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
The concept of the mora, a unit of syllable weight, is crucial in languages where syllable length affects meaning or prosody.
You, too, can become a syllable pro and wow your friends, family, and pets!