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avaricious

How many syllables in avaricious?

  4 syllables

Divide avaricious into syllables:   av-a-ri-cious
Primary syllable stress:   av-a-ri-cious
Secondary syllable stress:   av-a-ri-cious
How to pronounce avaricious:   av-er-ish-us
How to say avaricious:

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Synonyms for avaricious


2 syllables
  • avid
  • greedy
  • grasping
  • piggish
3 syllables
4 syllables
    6 syllables
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      What rhymes with avaricious

      4 syllables
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