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backslide

How many syllables in backslide?

  2 syllables

Divide backslide into syllables:   back-slide
Primary syllable stress:   back-slide
Secondary syllable stress:   back-slide
How to pronounce backslide:   bak-slahyd
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Synonyms for backslide


1 syllable
  • lapse
    2 syllables
    • regress
    • revert
    • relapse
    • slip back
    6 syllables
    • go back to your old ways
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      What rhymes with backslide

      2 syllables
      3 syllables
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