progeny
nounHow many syllables in progeny?
There are 3 syllables in the word progeny.How to pronounce progeny:
Definition of progeny:
- progeny (noun):
- offspring
- descendants, children
- the immediate descendants of a person.
Synonyms for progeny:
baby
bastard
by-blow
child
children
descendants
eldest
family
firstborn
fruit
grandchild
heir
illegitimate
illegitimate child
issue
kid
love child
offspring
posterity
relation
relative
seed
successor
whoreson
young
Antonyms for progeny:
adult
ancestors
cause
father
forebears
forefathers
mother
origin
parent
past
progenitor
source
withdraw
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- profession
- masonry
- counterpane
- recollect
- encumbered
- cross-tining
- underbrush
- Gracelyn
- describing
- Eveleen
- tranquillise
- velouette
- foramen
- lunacy
- harangued
- guzzler
- Bhoodevi
- bludgeon
- unity
- bijective
- alarums
- wavelength
- palindrome
- esurient
- displaces
- piccolo
- inversion
- dominion
- stringendo
- forbearance
- work-sharing
- defecate
- sentences
- divinely
- underdone
- omelette
- machete
- lumbering
- bullion
- overfish
- mutinous
- contumely
- chillier
- blatherskite
- recounted
- fortiter
- centurion
- decorous
- derided
- violins
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Syllable Fun Fact
The English language exhibits a phenomenon called 'schwa deletion', where unstressed syllables are often pronounced as a quick, neutral vowel sound or omitted.
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