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alter

How many syllables in alter?

  2 syllables

Divide alter into syllables:   al-ter
Stressed syllable in alter:   al-ter
How to pronounce alter:   awl-ter
How to say alter:

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Synonyms for alter


1 syllable
  • change
  • switch
  • turn
  • shift
  • tune
2 syllables
  • adjust
  • commute
  • correct
  • edit
  • fashion
  • pervert
  • revise
  • rework
  • tamper
  • vary
  • amend
  • convert
  • corrupt
  • emend
  • mutate
  • rethink
  • reword
  • rewrite
  • transmute
3 syllables
  • modify
  • refashion
  • reorder
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with alter

    1 syllable
    • saults
      2 syllables
      • altar
      • falter
      • malter
      • Psalter
      • saulter
      • Walter
      • balter
      • halter
      • palter
      • salter
      • vaulter
      3 syllables
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