uprising
nounHow many syllables in uprising?
There are 3 syllables in the word uprising.How to pronounce uprising:
Definition of uprising:
- uprising (noun):
- a revolt or rebellion
- an act or instance of rising up
- a usually localized act of popular violence in defiance usually of an established government
- organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.
Synonyms for uprising:
battle
conflict
disturbance
insurgence
insurgency
insurrection
intifada
intifadah
mutiny
outbreak
putsch
rebellion
revolt
revolution
rising
upheaval
Antonyms for uprising:
calm
compliance
harmony
obedience
orthodoxy
peace
stagnation
submission
subordination
subservience
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- uncherished
- pillowcase
- marianne
- gazpacho
- donegal
- desperate
- sniffily
- proportion
- overtax
- derelict
- chalazae
- unduly
- reminisces
- promulgate
- Medina
- iodine
- hooligan
- farcical
- ensilaged
- causative
- artefact
- wallpaper
- thundering
- rummaging
- orator
- drowsily
- despairing
- undoable
- relentless
- powder keg
- obsolesce
- leniently
- impregnate
- defender
- chromium
- cavity
- catch-tartar
- pressmanship
- interpret
- Geoffrey
- fanciful
- escapade
- sweltering
- preconceive
- nastiest
- modulate
- astutely
- villages
- militate
- magnified
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
The coda is the part of a syllable that follows the nucleus and can be a single consonant or a consonant cluster.
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