Three Syllable Words (Free Printable Word List)
Boost vocabulary and spelling skills with this list of three syllable words for first and second graders.
As children’s language skills further develop, they’re ready to take on more challenging words, moving on from one and two syllable words to more complex three syllable words. This printable list of three syllable words aims to help children practice breaking larger words apart into smaller sections and to provide vocabulary and spelling practice.
Our free list of three syllable words are organized alphabetically. Work with your child to read through the list, asking them to break the word apart into three syllables. For additional practice, print out our free syllable worksheets. Should your child need review with shorter, simpler words, try our two syllables word list.
Three Syllable Words List
Our three syllable words list features more complex, challenging words. Your child may not be familiar with all of them and could need help breaking them apart and sounding them out.
Letter A Three Syllable Words
abandon
absolute
accurate
activate
addition
adventure
advocate
affection
afternoon
agreement
alarming
alternate
amazing
ambition
ancestor
animal
animal
annoying
apartment
appetite
applicant
architect
atmosphere
audience
Letter B Three Syllable Words
balcony
banana
bargaining
barricade
barbecue
basketball
basically
beautiful
becoming
behavior
beginning
belonging
benefit
bewildered
bilingual
biweekly
blossoming
boomerang
bountiful
boundary
butterfly
businessman
Letter C Three Syllable Words
cabinet
calculate
calibrate
candidate
capital
carpenter
celebrate
centerpiece
certainly
challenger
charity
chemistry
chocolate
cinnamon
circular
citizen
clarity
collection
compliment
computer
conductor
confident
consonant
container
continent
correctly
creative
crocodile
customer
Letter D Three Syllable Words
dangerous
dedicate
defender
definite
delicate
deliver
description
desperate
deserted
develop
different
difficult
diligent
director
disagree
disappear
disaster
discover
disorder
document
donation
dramatic
dynamite
dynasty
Letter E Three Syllable Words
eagerly
elevate
elephant
emergent
emotion
emphasis
employer
encourage
endanger
energy
engineer
enormous
entertain
envelope
equipment
essential
estimate
eternal
eventful
everyday
everyone
evidence
example
exclusive
exciting
exercise
explorer
Letter F Three Syllable Words
fabricate
familiar
fascinate
fantasy
favorite
feasible
federal
fertilize
festival
fictional
filament
finally
finalize
financial
flexible
follower
forcible
forever
forgiveness
formalize
fortunate
foundation
furniture
fulfilling
futurist
Letter G Three Syllable Words
gallery
galloping
gasoline
generate
generous
genetics
gigantic
gingerly
glimmering
glorious
goalkeeper
goldenrod
governor
graduate
granulate
gratitude
gravity
guardian
gullible
Letter H Three Syllable Words
habitat
happiness
hamburger
harmonic
harvested
heaviness
helpfully
heritage
heroic
hesitant
historic
holiday
holistic
horizon
hospital
humorous
hurricane
hypnotize
hysteric
hydration
Letter I Three Syllable Words
illusion
imagine
imitate
immigrate
imminent
immortal
impatient
important
imposter
incident
indicate
industry
infinite
influence
informant
innocent
insecure
inspector
intellect
intended
interest
introduce
Letter J Three Syllable Words
jabbering
jealousy
jeopardy
journalist
joyously
judgmental
jubilant
jumpiness
justified
juxtapose
Letter K Three Syllable Words
kangaroo
kayaking
kilogram
kilowatt
kitchenette
kinetic
knowingly
Letter L Three Syllable Words
latitude
lavender
lawfully
leadership
lemonade
lethargic
liberate
liberty
limiting
literate
lithograph
livable
location
logical
loneliness
loyalty
luminous
lyricist
Letter M Three Syllable Words
magazine
magnetic
magnify
magnitude
maintenance
manager
mandolin
marathon
marigold
marketing
meaningful
medicate
medieval
melodic
mineral
minimum
miracle
momentum
monarchy
mountainous
mystical
Letter N Three Syllable Words
narrative
navigate
nectarine
negative
nervously
noisiness
nominate
nonprofit
normally
nostalgia
noteworthy
nourishing
novelist
numeric
numerous
nutrition
neglected
neutralize
nobleman
Letter O Three Syllable Words
obstacle
occasion
occupant
occurring
offering
official
operate
opponent
opposite
optimist
optional
ornament
overcome
overhead
overjoyed
overload
overrule
overtime
overview
oxygen
Letter P Three Syllable Words
pacify
paradise
parallel
parental
particle
passenger
patiently
pedestal
penalty
permanent
permission
personal
pessimist
petition
physical
picturing
pineapple
pollution
positive
potential
powerful
Letter Q Three Syllable Words
quadrangle
quadriceps
quadruple
qualify
quantities
quarantine
quarreling
quarterback
quarterly
querulous
questioning
quietness
quintuplet
quirkiness
quotation
Letter R Three Syllable Words
radiate
radically
rational
reaction
reception
recession
recognize
reconnect
recover
recruiting
redesign
reduction
reflection
refresher
regular
relation
relocate
repeated
reporter
residence
resolute
Letter S Three Syllable Words
sabotage
sacrifice
sandpaper
satisfied
scavenger
scenery
scientist
sensible
separate
severely
sharpening
signature
silently
simplify
situate
sociable
solitude
spaghetti
stamina
suddenly
Letter T Three Syllable Words
tabletop
takeover
talented
tangerine
taxpayer
teacherly
technical
telegraph
telephone
telescope
tenacious
terminal
therapist
thoroughly
threatening
tournament
tolerate
tomato
tomorrow
triangle
trinity
turbulent
Letter U Three Syllable Words
ultimate
umbrella
unafraid
unbeaten
uncommon
undergo
underlay
underpaid
underpass
underpin
unfolded
unfriendly
unhappy
uniformed
universe
unlawful
unlikely
unlisted
unnoticed
unopened
unsightly
unspoken
unwanted
upcoming
Letter V Three Syllable Words
vacation
validate
vanishing
verbalize
verified
vertical
veterans
vibrancy
video
villager
volcanic
volleyball
volunteer
voyaging
Letter W Three Syllable Words
wanderer
warriors
waterfall
watering
weariness
weekender
welcoming
whatever
whereabouts
wilderness
willingly
wonderful
worrisome
Letter X Three Syllable Words
xanthophyll
xylophone
Letter Y Three Syllable Words
yammering
yesterday
yellowing
yodeling
youthfully
yellowtail
Letter Z Three Syllable Words
zealously
zebrafish
zestfully
zigzagging
zodiac
zookeeper
zucchini
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