yokel
How many syllables in yokel?
There are 2 syllables in the word yokel.How to pronounce yokel:
Synonyms for yokel:
boor
bumpkin
chawbacon
churl
clodhopper
clown
cornball
countryman
hayseed
hick
mountaineer
peasant
provincial
rube
rustic
yahoo
Antonyms for yokel:
city boy
city slicker
cosmopolitan
cosmopolite
courtier
sophisticate
townie
townsman
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- titter
- snapper
- smarten
- replayed
- pretense
- glasshouse
- spluttered
- reunite
- bullies
- ami
- ako
- uptrack
- shaded
- repress
- glimpses
- snow-capped
- gulping
- anguished
- widened
- therein
- swampy
- strangling
- merged
- entwine
- enjoin
- delude
- complied
- chauffeured
- sandal
- mega
- finesse
- Dearbourne
- tinklers
- misdeed
- ghostwrite
- deranged
- spewing
- smolder
- natives
- clattered
- thinly
- reused
- lengthened
- contort
- knapsack
- misplay
- gumption
- feater
- elates
- chalked
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
The concept of syllabotonic rhythm in English means that stress plays a more significant role than the number of syllables in determining the rhythm of speech.
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