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begin

How many syllables in begin?

  2 syllables

Divide begin into syllables:   be-gin
Stressed syllable in begin:   be-gin
How to pronounce begin:   bih-gin
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Synonyms for begin


1 syllable
  • cause
  • launch
  • start
  • dawn
  • rise
2 syllables
  • appear
  • commence
  • kick off
  • set off
  • start on
  • arise
  • create
  • open
  • set out
3 syllables
  • activate
  • establish
  • instigate
  • make a start
  • embark on
  • get to it
  • introduce
  • start in on
4 syllables
  • get down to it
  • inaugurate
  • originate
5 syllables
  • start the ball rolling
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What rhymes with begin

1 syllable
  • been
  • brin
  • din
  • Finn
  • gin's
  • Glyn
  • Gwyn
  • in
  • jin
  • Lin
  • linne
  • lynn
  • pin
  • Quinn
  • sin
  • spin
  • thin
  • twin
  • win
  • wynne
  • bin
  • chin
  • fin
  • gin
  • ginn
  • grin
  • gwynn
  • inn
  • kin
  • linn
  • lyn
  • min
  • quin
  • shin
  • skin
  • syn
  • tin
  • when
  • Wynn
  • yin
2 syllables
  • add-in
  • agin
  • all-in
  • backspin
  • Benin
  • blow in
  • bowfin
  • bring in
  • build in
  • burn-in
  • calfskin
  • call-in
  • cash in
  • chagrin
  • check-in
  • chip in
  • come in
  • crankpin
  • deerskin
  • do in
  • draw in
  • drop in
  • dustbin
  • Emlyn
  • fall in
  • fill-in
  • Fuxin
  • give in
  • goatskin
  • hairpin
  • hang in
  • has-been
  • herein
  • Jilin
  • kidskin
  • lambskin
  • lead-in
  • linchpin
  • lived-in
  • locked-in
  • look-in
  • moleskin
  • munchkin
  • no-win
  • phone-in
  • pinyin
  • plug-in
  • pull in
  • pushpin
  • rub in
  • run in
  • saimin
  • scarfskin
  • send in
  • sharkskin
  • sheepskin
  • shut-in
  • sign in
  • sleep in
  • sloe gin
  • sock in
  • stand-in
  • stickpin
  • swanskin
  • swim fin
  • tailspin
  • tap-in
  • tenpin
  • tholepin
  • throw in
  • tiepin
  • toe-in
  • topspin
  • trade-in
  • tuned-in
  • turn in
  • walk-in
  • weigh in
  • whip in
  • wineskin
  • woolskin
  • wrist pin
  • wynnea
  • again
  • akin
  • allin
  • bearskin
  • berlin
  • Boleyn
  • break-in
  • buckskin
  • built-in
  • butt in
  • call in
  • capeskin
  • cave-in
  • check in
  • chime in
  • clothespin
  • coonskin
  • cut in
  • dig in
  • doeskin
  • drive-in
  • duckpin
  • edge in
  • fade-in
  • fill in
  • foreskin
  • get in
  • go in
  • Guilin
  • hand in
  • Harbin
  • headpin
  • horn in
  • kick in
  • kingpin
  • lay in
  • lie-in
  • live-in
  • lobe-fin
  • log in
  • love-in
  • move in
  • Nankin
  • oilskin
  • pigskin
  • pitch in
  • plugged-in
  • punch in
  • put in
  • ruin
  • run-in
  • scarfpin
  • sealskin
  • set in
  • shear pin
  • shoo-in
  • sidespin
  • sit-in
  • sleep-in
  • snakeskin
  • stand in
  • step in
  • suck in
  • swear in
  • tail fin
  • take in
  • teach-in
  • therein
  • threadfin
  • tie-in
  • tip-in
  • Tonkin
  • trade in
  • tune in
  • Turin
  • unpin
  • wear thin
  • wherein
  • win-win
  • within
  • work in
  • write-in
  • Yeltsin
3 syllables
  • beginger
  • GYN
  • lyncean
  • violin
  • grinagog
  • linneon
  • ninepin
  • violine
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