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adolescence

How many syllables in adolescence?

  158967342 syllables

Divide adolescence into syllables:   ad-o-les-cence
Primary syllable stress:   ad-o-les-cence
Secondary syllable stress:   ad-o-les-cence
How to pronounce adolescence:   ad-l-es-uns
How to say adolescence:

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Synonyms for adolescence


1 syllable
  • teens
  • youth
3 syllables
  • puberty
  • teenage years
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What rhymes with adolescence

2 syllables
  • essence
    3 syllables
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