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arrest

How many syllables in arrest?

  2 syllables

Divide arrest into syllables:   ar-rest
Stressed syllable in arrest:   ar-rest
How to pronounce arrest:   er-est
How to say arrest:

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Synonyms for arrest


1 syllable
  • catch
  • seize
2 syllables
  • detain
  • roundup
  • setback
3 syllables
  • custody
4 syllables
    6 syllables
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      What rhymes with arrest

      1 syllable
      • best
      • blest
      • Brest
      • crest
      • fessed
      • gest
      • guest
      • lest
      • mest
      • pest
      • prest
      • rest
      • test
      • vest
      • wrest
      • blessed
      • breast
      • chest
      • dressed
      • fest
      • guessed
      • jest
      • messed
      • nest
      • pressed
      • quest
      • stressed
      • trest
      • west
      2 syllables
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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