spectacles
nounHow many syllables in spectacles?
There are 3 syllables in the word spectacles.How to pronounce spectacles:
Definition of spectacles:
- spectacles (noun):
- an eye-catching or dramatic public display
- something exhibited to view as unusual, notable, or entertaining
- optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
Synonyms for spectacles:
bifocals
bridge
dark glasses
eyeglasses
frame
glass
glasses
goggles
lorgnette
nosepiece
optical instrument
pince-nez
shades
specs
spectacle
sunglasses
Antonyms for spectacles:
caches
concealments
cover-ups
hidings
obscurations
privacies
secrecies
stashes
veils
wraps
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- specious
- speakeasy
- soviet
- southerlies
- sorcery
- sopranos
- soprano
- sophrosyne
- sophomore
- soledad
- soldiers
- softener
- sodium
- socratic
- soberer
- snakelike
- smooth-spoken
- slenderized
- slaloming
- skyscrapers
- skyscraper
- skydiving
- skinniness
- sizzler
- sirenic
- sirena
- sinopie
- sinatra
- simplistic
- silvia
- siddhartha
- sialolith
- shrubbery
- shivering
- shikana
- shiitake
- sheridin
- sheridan
- shepherdess
- shenandoah
- shakira
- sfumato
- serviette
- serrated
- serials
- septuple
- sensodyne
- seneca
- senator
- semester
- … more
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