pokey
How many syllables in pokey?
There are 2 syllables in the word pokey.How to pronounce pokey:
Synonyms for pokey:
bastille
big house
bridewell
brig
cage
calaboose
clink
cooler
coop
correctional institution
gaol
guardroom
hock
holding cell
hoosegow
hoosgow
house of correction
jail
jailhouse
jug
lockup
nick
pen
penitentiary
poky
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Antonyms for pokey:
freedom
liberty
the outside
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- anal
- adjourn
- waken
- scrawny
- ravine
- plodding
- kitty
- hundred
- grimy
- verge
- tincture
- mountains
- graphite
- figure
- toothache
- surfeit
- support
- sonnet
- reverse
- metal
- hasten
- fierceness
- exclaim
- dollar
- cygnet
- cousin's
- rainspout
- lodging
- breathing
- booster
- audit
- Solange
- sclera
- Santa
- rigid
- retry
- loser
- enter
- sit-down
- dress code
- xuan
- suppose
- perceive
- Nevaeh
- gingham
- foamy
- worry
- sudden
- tungsten
- thwacked
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Syllable Fun Fact
The Guinness World Record for the longest word by syllables is the chemical name for the protein nicknamed 'titin', with 189,819 letters and thousands of syllables.
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