waiting
How many syllables in waiting?
There are 2 syllables in the word waiting.How to pronounce waiting:
Synonyms for waiting:
all set
in the wings
on the brink
poised
prepared
ready
standing by
Antonyms for waiting:
belief
certainty
confidence
decision
decisiveness
determination
eagerness
faith
go
perseverance
resolution
sureness
trust
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- glory
- giving
- granted
- sunset
- hunter
- distance
- cookie
- retired
- prayer
- berry
- Tamil
- waited
- prior
- sixteen
- neon
- sherry
- nonsense
- seven
- collect
- best-loved
- ousend
- country
- minute
- apple
- spelling
- sample
- teacher
- retrieved
- smoothly
- dappled
- stress test
- libel
- blatant
- engross
- daddy
- lazy
- landscape
- Enoch
- calmly
- blessing
- taco
- induce
- pharynx
- matter
- grotesque
- curtly
- carried
- busier
- rainbow
- proud
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
In English, the presence of silent letters can make syllable counting challenging, as in 'knight' with a silent 'k'.
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