peripheral

Phonetic Respelling: [ puh-rif-er-uhl ]

Definition:

adj. 1 on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; 2 related to the key issue but not of central importance

Sentence:

There was peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.

More example sentences:

There was peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.

Hear it

Synonyms:

external; marginal; minor; outermost

Antonyms:

central

How many syllables in peripheral?

4 syllables Play Syllables Game

Divide peripheral into syllables:

pe-riph-er-al

Peripheral rhymes:

Four Syllable Rhymes
- peripheral

Test drive some of our other games

Play now to sample our spelling, vocabulary and typing games.

Vocabulary Games (8 games)

Vocabulary Test

Sentence Battle

View all our games

Spelling Games (9 games)

View all our games

VocabClass lessons are designed to engage students, improve motivation in learning the subject matter, and generate better results. Long-term retention is our focus and by making the learning process fun, our gamified approach has a positive impact on this goal.

View all games!

YEAH. Try it FREE!

Gitf box

Try our 7-day Free Trial to test drive
the VocabClass program.

Sign up for a 7-Day Free Trial Not now, thank you