subtract
verbHow many syllables in subtract?
There are 2 syllables in the word subtract.How to pronounce subtract:
Definition of subtract:
- subtract (verb):
- to take away by or as if by deducting
- to remove (a part of something) from the whole
Synonyms for subtract:
calculate
carry back
cipher
compute
cypher
figure
reckon
take off
work out
Antonyms for subtract:
add
add on
add to
affix
annex
annexe
append
attach
include
increase by
put on
subjoin
tack on
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- wriggling
- tugged
- pellmell
- inapt
- inflect
- succinct
- unveil
- lustrous
- boaster
- eightieth
- vengeful
- guava
- carafe
- bustling
- distend
- foray
- cower
- festive
- cupboard
- nobly
- lanky
- toady
- correr
- forswear
- smarmy
- kingbolt
- outsized
- grittle
- mushy
- arose
- famished
- subsumed
- humbly
- beget
- whirling
- intoned
- bragged
- bemused
- plushy
- missus
- stowing
- inquired
- sulked
- reread
- rubbed
- bestride
- reviled
- boarding
- grouchy
- practiced
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In English, certain prefixes and suffixes, when added to a base word, can change its syllable count, as with 'happy' (2 syllables) becoming 'unhappiness' (4 syllables).
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