picket
nounHow many syllables in picket?
There are 2 syllables in the word picket.How to pronounce picket:
Definition of picket:
- picket (noun):
- a pointed or sharpened stake, post, or pale
- a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack.
Synonyms for picket:
lookout
lookout man
pale
piquet
scout
security guard
sentinel
sentry
spotter
watch
watcher
watchman
Antonyms for picket:
danger
hazard
menace
peril
risk
threat
Other 2-syllable words like picket
Here are some other common words that have 2 syllables, like picket does.
- pickled
- pictures
- piebald
- piet
- pietro
- pika
- pillows
- pineal
- piotr
- pipple
- pistia
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- pivot
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- pixes
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- placer
- plaguy
- plaintiff
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- plato
- plaxy
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- pleading
- pledges
- plexus
- pliers
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- ploughing
- plowing
- plucking
- plumbing
- plundered
- poisson
- poking
- polar
- pollo
- poloi
- pontiac
- poodles
- poofy
- porpous
- porthole
- postage
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