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accost

How many syllables in accost?

  2 syllables

Divide accost into syllables:   ac-cost
Stressed syllable in accost:   ac-cost
How to say accost:

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Synonyms for accost


1 syllable
  • greet
  • stop
2 syllables
  • approach
  • detain
  • confront
  • waylay
3 syllables
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    What rhymes with accost

    1 syllable
    • cost
    • frost
    • last
    • tossed
    • crossed
    • glossed
    • lost
    2 syllables
    • defrost
    • exhaust
    4 syllables
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