tortoise
How many syllables in tortoise?
There are 2 syllables in the word tortoise.How to pronounce tortoise:
Synonyms for tortoise:
desert tortoise
european tortoise
family testudinidae
giant tortoise
gopher
gopher tortoise
gopher turtle
gopherus polypemus
testudinidae
testudo graeca
texas tortoise
turtle
Antonyms for tortoise:
leader
speedster
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- frappe
- muktuk
- decamp
- xenon
- inurn
- clouding
- cinquain
- curling
- vasty
- lowered
- wardrobe
- hackneyed
- strangers
- snaking
- Kesha
- trigraph
- pseudo
- humbled
- pagan
- errands
- hurled
- bleakness
- striker
- Soren
- piteous
- siblings
- pungent
- noa
- Asha
- putted
- permeate
- glimmer
- beset
- valleys
- tantrums
- prattling
- dharma
- encaged
- Myra
- discard
- bookshelves
- given
- dual
- quaver
- khaki
- branded
- beaker
- tonners
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- jackpot
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