prophecy
nounHow many syllables in prophecy?
There are 3 syllables in the word prophecy.How to pronounce prophecy:
Definition of prophecy:
- prophecy (noun):
- a prediction
- an inspired utterance of a prophet
- knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source).
Synonyms for prophecy:
anticipation
auguring
augury
crystal gazing
divination
forecast
forecasting
foretelling
fortune telling
omen
predicting
prediction
presaging
prevision
prognosis
prognostic
prognosticating
prognostication
revelation
sign
soothsaying
sortilege
vaticination
Antonyms for prophecy:
hindsight
ignorance
postmortem
stupidity
thoughtlessness
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- michelin
- Matthias
- haughtiness
- derecho
- caveman
- Thanatos
- skiapod
- severance
- Mirabel
- Kavita
- impishness
- harmattan
- faraway
- angeline
- amia
- unrivaled
- trick or treat
- omniscient
- eye-catching
- perceptive
- Archibald
- Alanna
- Sigourney
- profusely
- iqaluit
- gossamer
- carefree
- afterlife
- receded
- numinous
- Mikaela
- forerunner
- enrichment
- Doherty
- disrepair
- Cyrila
- stampeded
- shattering
- saucepan
- extempore
- empathized
- dispossess
- cataclysm
- transmitted
- tamales
- Sangita
- Julieta
- hermosa
- ascetic
- sloppier
- … more
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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