promptitude
nounHow many syllables in promptitude?
There are 3 syllables in the word promptitude.How to pronounce promptitude:
Definition of promptitude:
- promptitude (noun):
- the ability to do things easily and well
- the quality or habit of being prompt promptness
- noun. the characteristic of doing things without delay.
Synonyms for promptitude:
alacrity
dispatch
facility
haste
hurry
promptness
punctuality
quickness
rapidity
rapidness
readiness
rush
speed
speediness
swiftness
timeliness
willingness
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- promises
- prometheus
- prolia
- professing
- prodigy
- procity
- procedures
- probeer
- privatize
- prisoner
- primroses
- primary
- 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
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Syllable Fun Fact
Light syllables, having short vowels and no ending consonant, often occur in unstressed positions in polysyllabic words.
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