A word with three syllables

The English language has an incredible amount of diversity in its words. Some words have one syllable, and some words have more than fifteen. This article will showcase 3 syllable words. Words with three syllables allow for higher degrees of complexity than words with one or two syllables.

What Are Some Good 3 Syllable Words?

There are plenty of great 3 syllable words to choose from in the English language. If a word has three syllables it means they have three vowel sounds, which allows them to develop a higher amount of complexity. Some great three syllable words are “Oranges”, “Chocolate”, “Banana”, “Africa” and “Develop”.

3 syllable words

Here is a list that contains even more good 3 syllable words to choose from:

  • Oranges
  • Chocolate
  • Banana
  • Africa
  • Develop
  • Cutlery
  • Piano
  • Eleven
  • Favorite
  • Memories

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Shortest 3 Syllable Words

Though they are of naturally higher complexity than one syllable and two syllable words, 3 syllable words can still be relatively short if the syllables themselves are short enough. The shortest three syllable word will probably not be as short as the shortest 1 syllable word, but will be short nonetheless.

Here are some particularly short 3 syllable words for you to learn and browse through:

  • Idea
  • Area
  • India
  • Canada
  • Media
  • Family
  • Energy
  • Memory

Longest 3 Syllables Words

The fact that three syllable words, whether they are 3 syllable nouns or 3 syllable adjectives, have three vowel sounds means that they can in fact be longer than other words with less syllables. Many words will look particularly complex, only for you to discover they only have three syllables.

Here are some of the longest three syllable words in the English language:

  • Fireboard
  • Celebrate
  • Adventure
  • Important
  • Consonant
  • Dangerous

3 Syllable Words For Kindergarten

Learning how to speak, read and write are some of the most important moments for a child’s development. When a kid can accurately identify and read words with three syllables, it means that their English has developed. There are plenty of easy 3 syllable words that a kid could learn.

3 Syllable Words For Kindergarten

Here are some 3 syllable words for kids that they could review and learn from:

  • Bicycle
  • Syllable
  • History
  • Holiday
  • Potato
  • Musical

3 Syllable Words About Nature

The natural world is difficult to categorize without getting into some relatively complex and profound language. This is why there are a lot of 3 syllable words that are used in nature, whether it’s 3 syllable words about animals, 3 syllable words about summer or 3 syllable words about winter.

Here are some 3 syllable words that, in some way, have to do with the natural world:

  • Elephant
  • Tomato
  • Oxygen
  • Strawberry
  • Anteater
  • Buffalo
  • Octopus
  • Tropical
  • Crocodile
  • Dinosaur

3 Syllable Words To Describe Someone

When it comes to ways to describe someone using an adjective, utilizing 3 syllable words specifically allows for you to describe the person in deeper, more comprehensive ways. There are plenty of ways you can talk about people, whether it’s 3 syllable words about love or about other ways to describe people.

Here are some 3 syllable adjectives that you could describe people with:

  • Withering
  • Serious
  • Imperfect
  • Warrior
  • Curious
  • Genius
  • Graduate
  • Radical

3 Syllable Words Ending In “-ing”

There are plenty of 3 syllable words that talk about actions that are currently happening. And a lot of those 3 syllable words happen to end in “-ing”. Because they have three syllables, they can describe more complex actions than words with fewer syllables.

Here are some 3 syllable words that end in “ing”

  • Weathering
  • Amazing
  • Bullying
  • Worrying
  • Packaging
  • Provoking
  • Thanksgiving
  • Consuming

3 Syllable Sentences

With 3 syllables, you can start expressing more complex ideas. This applies to 3 syllable words, of course, but it also applies to forming sentences that only contain 3 syllables total. Comparing them to sentences with 2 syllables and 1 syllable, 3 syllables are easier to work with.

Here are just some examples of sentences that contain 3 syllables only:

  • I kept watch.
  • He came back.
  • We were great.
  • It’s not bad.
  • You should go.

Complete List Of 3 Syllable Words

Here are all of the 3 syllable words that this article talks about, for you to browse through and discover new words:

  1. Oranges
  2. Chocolate
  3. Banana
  4. Africa
  5. Develop
  6. Cutlery
  7. Piano
  8. Eleven
  9. Favorite
  10. Memories
  11. Idea
  12. Area
  13. India
  14. Canada
  15. Media
  16. Family
  17. Energy
  18. Memory
  19. Fireboard
  20. Celebrate
  21. Adventure
  22. Important
  23. Consonant
  24. Dangerous
  25. Bicycle
  26. Syllable
  27. History
  28. Holiday
  29. Potato
  30. Musical
  31. Elephant
  32. Tomato
  33. Oxygen
  34. Strawberry
  35. Anteater
  36. Buffalo
  37. Octopus
  38. Tropical
  39. Crocodile
  40. Dinosaur
  41. Withering
  42. Serious
  43. Imperfect
  44. Warrior
  45. Curious
  46. Genius
  47. Graduate
  48. Radical
  49. Weathering
  50. Amazing
  51. Bullying
  52. Worrying
  53. Packaging
  54. Provoking
  55. Thanksgiving
  56. Consuming

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Word Length Consonants Vowels Syllables Origin Favourite
Fireboard 9 5 4 3
Orange 6 3 3 3 Middle English
Family 6 4 2 3 Latin
Chocolate 9 5 4 3 Nahuatl
Banana 6 3 3 3 Wolof
Assonant 8 5 3 3
Africa 6 3 3 3 Latin
Happiness 9 6 3 3
Piano 5 2 3 3 Italian
Eleven 6 3 3 3 Middle English
Animal 6 3 3 3 Middle English
Wednesday 9 6 3 3 Middle English
Seventy 7 5 2 3
Melissa 7 4 3 3 Ancient Greek
Chipotle 8 5 3 3 Spanish
Celebrate 9 5 4 3 Latin
Jessica 7 4 3 3
Potato 6 3 3 3 Taino
Business 8 5 3 3 Middle English
Favorite 8 4 4 3 Old French
Elephant 8 5 3 3 Middle English
Erica 5 2 3 3
Adventure 9 5 4 3 Middle English
Energy 6 4 2 3 Middle French
History 7 5 2 3 Middle English
Georgia 7 3 4 3 Middle Persian
Important 9 6 3 3 Middle French
Amazing 7 4 3 3
Consonant 9 6 3 3 Old French
Rihanna 7 4 3 3
India 5 2 3 3 Latin
Feminine 8 4 4 3 Old French
Ninety 6 4 2 3
Dangerous 9 5 4 3 Middle English
Masculine 9 5 4 3 Old French
Forever 7 4 3 3
Indian 6 3 3 3 Anglo Norman
Holiday 7 4 3 3 Middle English
Syllable 8 6 2 3 Latin
Abdicate 8 4 4 3 Latin
Madison 7 4 3 3
Canada 6 3 3 3 Laurentian
Jupiter 7 4 3 3 Latin
Envelope 8 4 4 3 French
Diamond 7 4 3 3 Old French
Memory 6 4 2 3 Anglo Norman
Together 8 5 3 3 Middle English
Media 5 2 3 3 Late Latin
Adrian 6 3 3 3 Latin
Something 9 6 3 3

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Words With Three Syllables

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SIX LETTERS HAVING THREE SYLLABLES
interval mutiny heroic
icicle magical energy
luxury remedy Indian
oration legacy Africa
SEVEN LETTERS HAVING THREE SYLLABLES
colonel gratify element
Siberia excited another
kalasam clarity artisan
century million glacier
visitor capital piteous
eagerly popular imagine
tiniest impetus imagery
mollify euphony creator
EIGHT LETTERS HAVING THREE SYLLABLES
interval assembly crusader
personal votaries believe
majestic opposite verbiage
derision heritage dramatic
adequate advocate sanctity
eminence dilemma ultimate
properly engineer internal
imprison religion leftover
resident survival exercise
attitude definite overhead
alleyway recently tomorrow
domestic employer policies
extended reminder seasonal
earliest evidence Niltergiris
sererral commonly heritage
dedicate resemble intricate
treasury opulence integral
fanciful masterly towering
carnatic cultural expertise
unkindly triumvirs numerous
caprices delusive embodied
intutive cucumber sanctify
observer serenely argument
NINE LETTERS HAVING THREE SYLLABLES
forbidden curelties postulate
undernate absollute preserver
destroyer narrative witticism
different endeavour qualities
abandoned forgotten suffering

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