rookie
How many syllables in rookie?
There are 2 syllables in the word rookie.How to pronounce rookie:
Synonyms for rookie:
apprentice
beginner
colt
cub
fledgling
freshman
greenhorn
initiate
neophyte
newbie
newcomer
novice
novitiate
recruit
rook
student
tenderfoot
tiro
tyro
virgin
Antonyms for rookie:
ace
adept
aficionado
authority
boffin
coach
conductor
crackajack
crackerjack
craftsman
dab hand
demonstrator
director
doyen
expert
fan
fundi
grandmaster
guide
guru
hand
hotshot
ignoramus
instructor
knowbie
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- icy
- excuse
- cutie
- chilly
- belief
- achieve
- impress
- mammal
- shelter
- neighbor
- hammer
- trifle
- afar
- muscle
- define
- cherish
- jewel
- desire
- like-like
- hippos
- opens
- monkeys
- dentist
- Wednesday
- pencil
- in-house
- college
- ideas
- acorns
- changes
- tigers
- easy
- oceans
- buttered
- good word
- hippo
- silence
- digit
- cornea
- monkey
- inside
- single
- acorn
- open
- ocean
- after
- winter
- happy
- alone
- lived-in
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