malarkey
nounHow many syllables in malarkey?
There are 3 syllables in the word malarkey.How to pronounce malarkey:
Definition of malarkey:
- malarkey (noun):
- insincere or foolish talk bunkum
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
Synonyms for malarkey:
absurdity
balderdash
baloney
bilge
blah
blah-blah
blarney
blather
blatherskite
blither
boloney
bosh
bull
buncombe
bunk
bunkum
claptrap
codswallop
crapola
craziness
crock
drivel
falderal
fiddle
fiddle-faddle
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Antonyms for malarkey:
assets
building
clarity
common sense
development
fact
facts
growth
intelligence
intelligibility
judgement
judgment
logic
possessions
property
prudence
reality
reason
reasonableness
sagaciousness
sagacity
sageness
sanity
sapience
sense
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Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- faithfully
- erroneous
- criterion
- alarming
- malignant
- insurance
- houseclean
- frostiness
- envision
- croquette
- compression
- climbing wall
- begotten
- awe-stricken
- tidiness
- saddlebow
- punctuate
- mischievous
- management
- elbowrooms
- devastate
- cinchona
- billowing
- beguiling
- beautician
- uprising
- uncherished
- pillowcase
- marianne
- gazpacho
- donegal
- desperate
- sniffily
- proportion
- overtax
- derelict
- chalazae
- unduly
- reminisces
- promulgate
- Medina
- iodine
- hooligan
- farcical
- ensilaged
- causative
- artefact
- wallpaper
- thundering
- rummaging
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