monosyllablenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɒn.əˌsɪl.ə.bəl/us/ˈmɑː.noʊˌsɪl.ə.bəl/specializeda word that contains only one syllable:
"Jump", "buy", and "heat" are monosyllables.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: morphology & parts of words
- -athon
- -ative
- -ee
- -ese
- compound
- disyllabic
- est
- ill
- monosyllabic
- morpheme
- particle
- polysyllabic
- portmanteau word
- prefix
- s
- stem
- syllable
- that'd
- that'll
- that's
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