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adolescents

How many syllables in adolescents?

  4 syllables

Divide adolescents into syllables:   ad-o-les-cent
How to say adolescents:

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Synonyms for adolescents


1 syllable
  • youth
    2 syllables
      3 syllables
      • young people
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      What rhymes with adolescents

      3 syllables
      5 syllables
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