metropolis
nounHow many syllables in metropolis?
There are 4 syllables in the word metropolis.How to pronounce metropolis:
Definition of metropolis:
- metropolis (noun):
- the main city of a country or region
- the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region
- a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts.
Synonyms for metropolis:
big city
burg
capital
central city
city
city center
city centre
civic center
concrete jungle
conurbation
down town
financial center
inner city
medical center
megalopolis
municipal center
municipality
provincial capital
state capital
suburb
town
urban center
Antonyms for metropolis:
backveld
boondocks
country
countryside
farmland
hinterland
outback
outdoors
sticks
wilderness
woodlands
woods
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- inoffensive
- straightforwardly
- procreator
- preliterate
- believably
- personify
- memorials
- impressible
- confinity
- tabulation
- moreover
- posthumously
- evitable
- egregious
- apophony
- alopecia
- pictography
- fanfaronade
- siriasis
- inexistent
- sanctuary
- viciousness
- puerility
- sudorific
- imitation
- carapaces
- felicific
- emaciation
- untamable
- gatekeeper
- corresponding
- cacafuego
- cyathium
- befuddlement
- gregarious
- audiotape
- restorable
- subaquatic
- delightfully
- opalescent
- devitalize
- abditory
- precipices
- xylography
- membranophone
- fossorial
- overstepping
- demoralise
- externally
- quantitative
- … more
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