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ancient

How many syllables in ancient?

  2 syllables

Divide ancient into syllables:   an-cient
Stressed syllable in ancient:   an-cient
How to pronounce ancient:   eyn-shunt
How to say ancient:

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Synonyms for ancient


1 syllable
  • gray
  • past
  • old
2 syllables
  • antique
  • early
  • olden
  • primal
  • dated
  • hoary
  • outworn
3 syllables
  • archaic
  • obsolete
  • out of date
  • primeval
  • very old
4 syllables
6 syllables
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