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acquisitiveness

How many syllables in acquisitiveness?

  5 syllables

Divide acquisitiveness into syllables:   ac-quis-i-tive-ness
Stressed syllable in acquisitiveness:   ac-quis-i-tive-ness
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Synonyms for acquisitiveness


1 syllable
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      • avarice
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
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