lion
nounHow many syllables in lion?
There are 2 syllables in the word lion.How to pronounce lion:
Definition of lion:
- lion (noun):
- a famous person
- large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
- a large heavily built social cat (panthera leo) of open or rocky areas chiefly of sub-saharan africa though once widely distributed throughout africa and southern asia that has a tawny body with a tufted tail and a shaggy blackish or dark brown mane in the male
Synonyms for lion:
baron
big boy
big cat
big gun
brave person
captain
cat
champion
conqueror
czar
fat cat
fighter
genus panthera
hero
king
king of beasts
leo
leo the lion
lion cub
lioness
lionet
lionheart
lord
magnate
mane
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Antonyms for lion:
cub
lioness
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- pumpkin
- music
- always
- English
- boastful
- mannered
- tightly
- displace
- daily
- gotcha
- demons
- solute
- jejune
- busy
- anger
- mission
- aetna
- foolish
- catarrh
- untrained
- believe
- doctrine
- civil
- stomach
- gully
- depend
- pillow
- huddle
- amid
- riddle
- pussy
- obeyed
- ice-cold
- follows
- convey
- cheerful
- caution
- measure
- pressure
- drama
- tragic
- terror
- mama
- honest
- burger
- abscond
- thinking
- assess
- bottom
- uncouth
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