portrait
nounHow many syllables in portrait?
There are 2 syllables in the word portrait.How to pronounce portrait:
Definition of portrait:
- portrait (noun):
- picture
- a word picture of a person's appearance and character.
- a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face
- a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person, often only of the face
Synonyms for portrait:
account
characterisation
characterization
definition
delineation
depiction
description
image
likeness
narrative
painting
photograph
picture
portraiture
portrayal
rendering
representation
sketch
tale
vignette
word picture
word-painting
Antonyms for portrait:
landscape
profile
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- conite
- starter
- Lennox
- cigar
- Ayan
- aunty
- slanting
- jagged
- coldest
- agave
- nameless
- instance
- fall back
- boron
- stretched
- sprightly
- marine
- hexa
- smartly
- manure
- libre
- fancy
- beata
- abscess
- scoopful
- quarreled
- planted
- una
- tipla
- placing
- Natal
- injured
- unknit
- trumpets
- ruffle
- peacock
- loveth
- Xander
- warrant
- ribbet
- clippers
- Belen
- Beaufort
- tablet
- races
- perturbed
- yoyo
- twentieth
- rakish
- overt
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