provost
nounHow many syllables in provost?
There are 2 syllables in the word provost.How to pronounce provost:
Definition of provost:
- provost (noun):
- someone who administers a business.
- the chief dignitary of a collegiate or cathedral chapter
Synonyms for provost:
academic administrator
chief
decision maker
director
executive
executive director
head
hosteller
hotel manager
hotelier
hotelkeeper
hotelman
land agent
manager
security director
top dog
vice chancellor
Antonyms for provost:
artisan
blue-collar worker
cog in the wheel
dogsbody
employe
employee
foot soldier
hand
hired help
hired man
hired person
hireling
human resource
job-holder
jobholder
laborer
labourer
member of staff
member of the workforce
peon
personnel
proletarian
representative
resource
serf
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- proteins
- prorogue
- prophet
- proped
- prompting
- prompter
- programme
- profound
- profaned
- products
- produce
- procceed
- probe
- privant
- primal
- prewar
- pretzels
- pretence
- presley
- preside
- preseen
- prescribed
- prescence
- presage
- prehaps
- prefect
- preface
- prashant
- prakash
- prada
- practised
- powered
- pouted
- poulet
- postal
- postage
- porthole
- porpous
- poofy
- poodles
- pontiac
- poloi
- pollo
- polar
- poking
- poisson
- plundered
- plumbing
- plucking
- plowing
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In English, a syllable can sometimes consist of a single vowel sound, as in the word 'I'.
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