resilience
nounHow many syllables in resilience?
There are 4 syllables in the word resilience.How to pronounce resilience:
Definition of resilience:
- resilience (noun):
- the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress
- the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit.
Synonyms for resilience:
doggedness
elasticity
flexibility
fortitude
give
grit
perseverance
persistence
persistency
plasticity
pliability
potency
power
resiliency
spring
springiness
strength
stubbornness
suppleness
tenacity
Antonyms for resilience:
apathy
bad attitude
cynicism
defeatism
dejection
depression
despair
despondency
disbelief
discouragement
dispiritedness
doubt
dubiousness
expectation of worst
expecting the worst
fatalism
hopelessness
incredulity
indifference
lack of conviction
lack of enthusiasm
lack of hope
low spirits
negative attitude
negative thinking
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Schwa, represented by the symbol ə, is a common unstressed and neutral vowel sound in many syllables of English words.
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