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addiction

How many syllables in addiction?

  3 syllables

Divide addiction into syllables:   ad-dic-tion
Stressed syllable in addiction:   ad-dic-tion
How to say addiction:

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Synonyms for addiction


1 syllable
  • need
    2 syllables
    • craving
    • habit
    3 syllables
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        What rhymes with addiction

        2 syllables
        • diction
        • friction
        • fiction
        3 syllables
        4 syllables
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