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avert

How many syllables in avert?

  2 syllables

Divide avert into syllables:   a-vert
Stressed syllable in avert:   a-vert
How to pronounce avert:   uh-vurt
How to say avert:

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Synonyms for avert


1 syllable
  • save
    2 syllables
    • avoid
    • forestall
    • turn from
    • deflect
    • prevent
    • ward off
    3 syllables
    • turn aside
    4 syllables
    • stop happening
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      What rhymes with avert

      1 syllable
      • bert
      • blurt
      • chert
      • dirt
      • girt
      • hurt
      • pert
      • skirt
      • squirt
      • wert
      • birt
      • Burt
      • curt
      • flirt
      • hert
      • peart
      • shirt
      • spurt
      • vert
      • wir
      2 syllables
      • advert
      • assert
      • birthwort
      • brownshirt
      • camp shirt
      • concert
      • covert
      • dessert
      • dissert
      • dress shirt
      • evert
      • expert
      • figwort
      • girted
      • hair shirt
      • hoopskirt
      • inert
      • invert
      • lungwort
      • milkwort
      • nightshirt
      • overt
      • pervert
      • ragwort
      • revert
      • saltwort
      • Schubert
      • seagirt
      • soapwort
      • spleenwort
      • stonewort
      • subvert
      • T-shirt
      • turret
      • unhurt
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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