sinecure
nounHow many syllables in sinecure?
There are 3 syllables in the word sinecure.How to pronounce sinecure:
Definition of sinecure:
- sinecure (noun):
- a paid job that involves very little work or responsibility
- noun. a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached.
- an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
Synonyms for sinecure:
benefice
cushy number
gravy train
money for jam or old rope
soft job
soft option
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- guaranteed
- enjoyment
- chauffeuring
- bearable
- poignantly
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- mollify
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- cathartic
- addictive
- passerby's
- windowpane
- steadfastly
- innately
- wherefrom
- spotlessly
- humorist
- finery
- duumviri
- unwonted
- unhandy
- unattached
- paramount
- misconstrued
- fireworks
- break apart
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- fearlessly
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- zigzagged
- tchambuli
- monotreme
- metrical
- Lochana
- fluffiest
- fixedly
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- withstanding
- variant
- noticing
- expiry
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