origin
nounHow many syllables in origin?
There are 3 syllables in the word origin.How to pronounce origin:
Definition of origin:
- origin (noun):
- ancestry, parentage
- the point, source, or event from which something develops
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being.
Synonyms for origin:
ancestry
beginning
birth
birthplace
blood
blood line
bloodline
commencement
cradle
creation
dawning
derivation
descent
early stages
emergence
extraction
font
foundation
fount
fountain
fountainhead
genesis
head
headspring
headwater
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Antonyms for origin:
abortion
accomplishment
ancestor
being
cessation
child
close
closing
closure
coda
completion
conclusion
concrete
consequence
consummation
culmination
death
decline
demise
denouement
desistance
disadvantage
discontinuance
discontinuation
dissolution
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Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- organisms
- organelles
- organal
- orenda
- ordinance
- orbity
- oracle
- optimum
- opium
- ophthalmic
- operance
- oozoa
- oneism
- omnivores
- omittance
- olympus
- olympics
- ologist
- olivile
- oliva
- oiliest
- ocular
- octopodes
- octodont
- octaroon
- oceanlike
- occurrance
- occupies
- occasioned
- obtundent
- obstruction
- observance
- obscurement
- obrogate
- obolos
- obelise
- nyanja
- nyala
- nursery
- nuncheon
- numerals
- nuisances
- nudibranch
- nubilous
- novella
- notewise
- nonuple
- nontactile
- nonsmoking
- nominate
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