Polysyllable

Synonyms for "polysyllable" (36 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(1 words)
polysyllabic word

Strong matches (10)

Noun(2 words)
lexical examplelinguistic example

Related words (18)

Noun(3 words)
more multisyllabicmouthfulmultisyllabic word
Adjective(1 words)
multisyllable word

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

3 entries
lexemewordword form

More specific

4 entries
antidisestablishmentariandisyllablepneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosistrisyllable

Collocations

5 entries
long polysyllablemultisyllabic wordpolysyllable countpolysyllable lengthpolysyllable word

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

For instance, words can differ in length, and we can rhyme a monosyllable with a polysyllable, like tracks with haversacks.

Source: wiktionary

In the Phyengan dialect, wuy developed into wi but at the end of a polysyllable it often dropped the -y to become wu (ibid): Tang-nakwu = Tang-nakwi 'donkey'

Source: wiktionary

The third syllable of provided is ed, and therefore the verb is not a polysyllable.

Source: wiktionary

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