primary
How many syllables in primary?
There are 3 syllables in the word primary.How to pronounce primary:
Synonyms for primary:
best
big
capital
cardinal
central
chief
direct
dominant
essential
first
first-string
foremost
great
greatest
highest
key
leading
main
major
master
original
overriding
paramount
particular
predominant
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Antonyms for primary:
accessorial
accessory
accidental
accompanying
additional
adjuvant
adscititious
advanced
adventitious
aimless
alternate
alternative
amateur
ambiguous
ancillary
another
appurtenant
asinine
assistant
assisting
associate
atomic
auxiliary
average
avoidable
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Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- prickly pear
- prickliest
- prevalence
- prettier
- prescious
- premises
- premio
- prejudiced
- preheated
- prednisone
- predators
- precedent
- precautions
- preachers
- prayerful
- practicing
- practices
- potency
- potatoes
- portsoken
- portmanteau
- porphyry
- poppadoms
- ponytail
- pondering
- polymer
- polluted
- polito
- politic
- poaceae
- plundering
- plenary
- pleistocene
- pleadingly
- plantations
- placenta
- pitocin
- pirouette
- pirogen
- piracy
- pioneers
- pinetum
- pinata
- pimento
- pilgrimage
- pictogram
- pickaxe
- pianist
- physique
- physicist
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