philistines
nounHow many syllables in philistines?
There are 3 syllables in the word philistines.How to pronounce philistines:
Definition of philistines:
- philistines (noun):
- a native or inhabitant of ancient philistia
- a person who is hostile towards culture and the arts
Synonyms for philistines:
anti-intellectual
babbitts
barbarian
bastards
bogan
boor
boors
bourgeois
capitalists
clowns
cougan
cretins
goth
hoon
ignoramus
jerks
jokers
lout
lowbrow
lowbrows
materialists
philistine
plutocrats
rats
scozza
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Antonyms for philistines:
aesthetes
esthetes
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- philistine
- philia
- pharmacy
- pettily
- petronas
- petrichor
- petition
- petino
- perspirant
- persistence
- perrier
- permitting
- permeated
- permanship
- performing
- pentateuch
- penitent
- penalty
- pelayo
- pekingese
- pedicure
- pawnable
- pavlova
- pavilion
- paulina
- patroness
- patriots
- pathogens
- pastoral
- pasteurized
- passover
- passengers
- paseo
- partitioned
- particle
- parrilla
- paroxysm
- papable
- pantheon
- pantano
- pantaloons
- pangolin
- paneling
- palpable
- palliate
- palestine
- painkiller
- padlocked
- padilla
- packaging
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