prominent
adjectiveHow many syllables in prominent?
There are 3 syllables in the word prominent.How to pronounce prominent:
Definition of prominent:
- prominent (adjective):
- widely known
- having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.
- standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line protuberant
Synonyms for prominent:
arresting
big-time
bold
brilliant
celebrated
chief
commanding
conspicuous
distinguished
dramatic
eminent
emphatic
famous
flamboyant
foremost
important
impressive
interesting
leading
loud
main
major league
marked
noisy
notable
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Antonyms for prominent:
agreeable
ambiguous
average
bad
banal
bland
bog-standard
boring
camouflaged
characterless
cheap
common
common place
commonplace
concealed
conventional
covert
cultured
customary
day-to-day
dignified
dim
discreet
disguised
dismal
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- theologue
- harebrained
- ambrosial
- mushroomer
- intimate
- daintiness
- centigram
- putrefy
- Creater's
- apelike
- inveigle
- tyrannous
- personate
- urgency
- chargeable
- constricted
- walruses
- mannerly
- benignant
- apposite
- analyze
- virtual
- Philippines
- Vietnamese
- sobriquet
- blaringly
- diamonds
- permission
- prohibit
- tragedy
- open house
- disappear
- unscramble
- phonetic
- crocodiles
- umbrellas
- chocolate
- family
- imagine
- crocodile
- umbrella
- encouraged
- silently
- libelous
- tychicus
- appalling
- reoccur
- density
- scurrying
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Syllable Fun Fact
Ambisyllabicity occurs when a consonant at the boundary of two syllables belongs to both, as in the word 'happen'.
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