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ambition

How many syllables in ambition?

  3 syllables

Divide ambition into syllables:   am-bi-tion
Stressed syllable in ambition:   am-bi-tion
How to pronounce ambition:   am-bish-un
How to say ambition:

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Synonyms for ambition


1 syllable
  • aim
  • drive
  • hope
  • dream
  • goal
  • push
2 syllables
  • desire
  • purpose
3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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      What rhymes with ambition

      2 syllables
      • fission
      • Titian
      • mission
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
      6 syllables
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