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able

How many syllables in able?

  2 syllables

Divide able into syllables:   a-ble
Stressed syllable in able:   a-ble
How to pronounce able:   ay-bul
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Synonyms for able


1 syllable
  • bright
  • skilled
  • good
2 syllables
  • adept
  • clever
  • gifted
  • suited
  • adroit
  • endowed
  • practiced
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with able

2 syllables
  • Abel
  • Bebel
  • fable
  • gable
  • hable
  • sable
  • table
  • Babel
  • cable
  • Froebel
  • graceful
  • label
  • stable
3 syllables
  • enable
  • mislabel
  • unable
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