pessimist
nounHow many syllables in pessimist?
There are 3 syllables in the word pessimist.How to pronounce pessimist:
Definition of pessimist:
- pessimist (noun):
- a person who expects the worst.
- a person who believes that people always act selfishly
- a person who is inclined to expect poor outcomes someone who is given to pessimism
Synonyms for pessimist:
cassandra
cynic
defeatist
doomster
doubter
gloom merchant
killjoy
melancholic
misanthrope
negativist
prophet of doom
realist
sceptic
skeptic
wet blanket
worrier
Antonyms for pessimist:
believer
dreamer
hoper
idealist
optimist
pollyanna
romantic
truster
utopian
visionary
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- liturgy
- emigrate
- dormancy
- tomorrow
- suggested
- gathering
- entangle
- discredit
- discomfit
- deference
- Cerberus
- unfolding
- tambourine
- suspicion
- seventeenth
- pedantry
- normalcy
- lyricist
- like-minded
- convener
- casita
- bronchial
- Bonnibelle
- challenging
- unfounded
- semibald
- revision
- policy
- negligent
- merengue
- macadam
- inspection
- forcibly
- decisive
- annotate
- agilely
- tolerate
- submission
- novelist
- cowardice
- asinine
- ascending
- admiring
- virulence
- righteousness
- resistant
- projection
- precaution
- Paraguay
- credited
- … more
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