tomboy
nounHow many syllables in tomboy?
There are 2 syllables in the word tomboy.How to pronounce tomboy:
Definition of tomboy:
- tomboy (noun):
- a girl who behaves in a boyish manner.
- a girl who behaves in a manner usually considered boyish
Synonyms for tomboy:
bobby-soxer
fille
gamine
girl
hoyden
lass
missy
pixie
pixy
romp
schoolgirl
snip
teenybopper
young lady
young woman
Antonyms for tomboy:
dainty woman
delicate girl
feminine lady
feminine woman
femme
girlie
girlie girl
girly girl
girly woman
ladylike girl
ladylike woman
princess
sleek woman
womanly woman
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- titty
- spatter
- sneaker
- sigbus
- phylum
- milking
- maltreat
- find out
- darkened
- Charisse
- worthful
- Orion
- Noemi
- keenly
- impugn
- Chiron
- Ceylon
- breastwork
- archway
- Vargas
- teaching
- tangle
- studded
- satrap
- preppy
- ensnares
- dreadful
- bulge
- upleap
- paschal
- sideline
- Korean
- hearted
- Bonny
- Ardwolf
- aorta
- wretched
- wind-borne
- pressed
- prescience
- pockmarked
- hounding
- wisely
- weighing
- vacuole
- unbraid
- splurged
- rages
- on-line
- logroll
- … more
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