vanguard
nounHow many syllables in vanguard?
There are 2 syllables in the word vanguard.How to pronounce vanguard:
Definition of vanguard:
- vanguard (noun):
- the forefront of an action or movement
- the leading units moving at the head of an army.
- the most advanced group or position in scientific research, a movement, etc.
Synonyms for vanguard:
advance guard
army unit
avant-garde
cutting edge
forefront
forerunners
front
front line
front rank
leaders
new wave
pioneer
spearhead
trailblazers
trendsetters
underground
van
Antonyms for vanguard:
back
background
followers
losing position
rear
rearguard
tail
tail end
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- vandal
- vancleef
- values
- vahid
- vadim
- vader
- vaca
- utu
- ushers
- ursie
- uptown
- upstate
- upstage
- upshot
- uprouse
- upper
- upload
- upland
- upheld
- unvail
- unstretch
- unsound
- unsold
- unshy
- unquelled
- unplait
- uno
- unlined
- unleft
- unhemmed
- unhat
- unfurls
- unfold
- unease
- undressed
- unclipped
- unbloomed
- unbeat
- ulla
- ula
- uinal
- uber
- ually
- tyrese
- tyrants
- typing
- typhoid
- tyndall
- tyger
- twitching
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