minority
nounHow many syllables in minority?
There are 4 syllables in the word minority.How to pronounce minority:
Definition of minority:
- minority (noun):
- the smaller in number of two groups constituting a whole
- a number or percentage equaling less than half of a total
- a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part.
- Someone's youth is the period of their life during which they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult.
Synonyms for minority:
adolescence
childhood
figure
immaturity
juvenescence
majority
minor
nonage
youth
Antonyms for minority:
adulthood
adultness
ethnic majority
experience
later life
majority
manhood
maturation
maturity
old age
parenthood
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- millionaires
- millimeters
- millenium
- milania
- migratory
- midwifery
- midcontinent
- micturition
- microscopy
- microscopic
- mialani
- metrology
- meticorten
- methuselah
- methionine
- meteoroids
- metaphoric
- metamorphize
- metallurgy
- meridian
- mercenary
- menstruation
- melodrama
- melodias
- melchizedek
- mehetabel
- megalodon
- medicinal
- medication
- mcavity
- mauritius
- maturation
- matriarchal
- maternity
- massasauga
- martinique
- marsupial
- marielito
- margherita
- marciano
- maraschino
- maranatha
- manitoba
- mandatory
- manageress
- mammalian
- malleolar
- maldonado
- malaria
- malappointment
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Schwa, represented by the symbol ə, is a common unstressed and neutral vowel sound in many syllables of English words.
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