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attentive

How many syllables in attentive?

  3 syllables

Divide attentive into syllables:   at-ten-tive
Stressed syllable in attentive:   at-ten-tive
How to pronounce attentive:   uh-ten-tiv
How to say attentive:

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Synonyms for attentive


1 syllable
  • kind
  • trapped
2 syllables
  • alert
  • aware
  • caring
  • focused
  • helpful
  • polite
  • wakeful
  • all ears
  • captive
  • ensnared
  • heedful
  • mindful
  • thoughtful
  • watchful
3 syllables
  • devoted
  • dutiful
  • vigilant
4 syllables
5 syllables
  • paying attention
    6 syllables
    • listening carefully
      7 syllables
      • paying special attention
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        What rhymes with attentive

        3 syllables
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