suppression
Divide suppression into syllables:
sup · pres · sion
How to pronounce suppression:
Synonyms for suppression:
check
clampdown
composure
constraint
control
crackdown
crushing
curtailment
discipline
discretion
dissolution
elimination
extinction
inhibition
possession
prohibition
quashing
quelling
refrainment
repression
reserve
restraint
self-control
self-restraint
stifling
Show 1 more
Antonyms for suppression:
disinhibition
ease
expression
incontinence
lightheartedness
naturalness
spontaneity
spontaneousness
unconstraint
uninhibitedness
unrestraint
Other 3-syllable words like suppression
Here are some other common words that have 3 syllables, like suppression does.
- axiom
- corruption
- mitigate
- referring
- angrily
- Laodicea
- hibernate
- synthetic
- beseeching
- courageous
- derisive
- loyalness
- diltiazem
- attention
- pertinent
- immersive
- anymore
- announcement
- minischool
- engorged
- tomalley
- candidate
- clumsiness
- delighting
- talisman
- emerges
- holozoic
- trivial
- shamefaced
- hamburger
- New Orleans
- sundial
- subversive
- baldheaded
- cardiac
- lingering
- exorcise
- inspiring
- sounding line
- confliction
- godmother
- recrudesce
- countable
- obeisant
- ministry
- nattily
- attribute
- epaulet
- fittingly
- resinous
- … more
Syllable Quiz
How many syllables in the word responsable?
Question 1 of 5
Syllable Fun Fact
English allows for a wide range of consonant clusters in syllable codas, as in 'texts' with four consonant sounds.
You, too, can become a syllable pro and wow your friends, family, and pets!
Trending words
These words are popular right now. Visit each word to master its syllable count.
- surreptitiously
- heaven
- seriously
- unbeknownst
- convenient
- colleague
- confide
- equivocate
- infatuated
- slovenly
- granddaughter
- sensational
- however
- consistently
- incredibly
- exciting
- direction
- latter
- begrudgingly
- snowing
- perusing
- occured
- swelt'ring
- impinge
- satisfy
- transient
- untie
- toward
- versatile
- obediently
- phonetically
- feted
- distain
- usherette
- meticulously
- affectionate
- onto
- dissipated
- defiantly
- stealthily
- tooken
- sophomoric
- tangentially
- peeking
- benefited
- elongate
- neither
- traveled
- emulate
- assume