thought-provoking

1. 1.

   stimulating interest or thought

   “a challenging hypothesis”

   “a thought-provoking book”

   Synonymschallenging

   Similarstimulating

Questions about thought-provoking

What does thought-provoking mean?

thought-provoking means "stimulating interest or thought".

How many syllables are in thought-provoking?

thought-provoking has 4 syllables and divides as thought--pro-vo-king under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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