pregnancy
nounHow many syllables in pregnancy?
There are 3 syllables in the word pregnancy.How to pronounce pregnancy:
Definition of pregnancy:
- pregnancy (noun):
- the quality of being pregnant (as in meaning)
- the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus.
Synonyms for pregnancy:
childbed
cleavage
confinement
eccyesis
ectopic gestation
ectopic pregnancy
entopic pregnancy
extrauterine gestation
extrauterine pregnancy
gestation
gravida
gravidation
gravidity
gravidness
labour
lying-in
maternity
metacyesis
morning sickness
para
parity
parturiency
physical condition
physiological condition
physiological state
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Antonyms for pregnancy:
decrease
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- newfangled
- devious
- decorum
- bafflingly
- indiscreet
- grumpily
- flavorful
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- enchanting
- dizziness
- excelling
- compliance
- mansuetude
- sentinel
- fatally
- disabled
- dalaga
- scrutiny
- oculist
- mesmerize
- nipperkin
- icicles
- zodiac
- rehearsal
- motionless
- assertion
- soberness
- Rogena
- rescuer
- hostilely
- bafflement
- royalty
- outrageous
- hebdomad
- excepting
- Ethaniel
- wretchedness
- unvaried
- boastfully
- detriment
- copalite
- nastier
- impassioned
- futilely
- wonderment
- unexpressed
- staio
- sadiron
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