overripe
How many syllables in overripe?
There are 3 syllables in the word overripe.How to pronounce overripe:
Definition of overripe:
- overripe:
- The past tense of Mature is matured.
Synonyms for overripe:
develop
find
find oneself
get on
grow
grow up
maturate
ripen
senesce
Antonyms for overripe:
amusing
comedic
concise
direct
natural
plain
plain-spoken
real
restrained
simple
straightforward
succinct
unadorned
unaffected
undramatic
unexaggerated
unpretentious
unrhetorical
untheatrical
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- insolent
- designate
- abutting
- pompously
- seasonal
- complaisant
- surfeiting
- venerates
- allaying
- misconceive
- assistants
- shininess
- canalize
- expended
- pacify
- heavily
- distrustful
- submerging
- edemic
- pitiable
- disembark
- cleverer
- unprompted
- antedate
- dishearten
- jabbering
- excitement
- competed
- cheekily
- correspond
- impressing
- succinctness
- resolute
- expatiate
- disobey
- charisma
- finicky
- continue
- ecstasy
- conferment
- accomplished
- unwanted
- nebulous
- eleventh
- sluggishly
- tinier
- appeases
- unsurpassed
- relocate
- recompense
- … more
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Stress-timed languages, such as English, are characterized by variability in syllable duration but a relatively constant time between stressed syllables.
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