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accident

How many syllables in accident?

  3 syllables

Divide accident into syllables:   ac-ci-dent
Stressed syllable in accident:   ac-ci-dent
How to pronounce accident:   ak-si-dunt
How to say accident:

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Synonyms for accident


1 syllable
  • bump
  • fall
  • luck
  • smash
  • crash
  • fluke
  • quirk
2 syllables
  • karma
  • mistake
  • upset
  • mishap
  • smash up
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
    7 syllables
    • industrial accident
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      What rhymes with accident

      3 syllables
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