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being

How many syllables in being?

  2 syllables

Divide being into syllables:   be-ing
Stressed syllable in being:   be-ing
How to pronounce being:   bee-ing
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Synonyms for being


1 syllable
  • as
  • day's
  • heart
  • mind
  • soul
  • core
  • days
  • life
  • self
  • years
2 syllables
  • body
  • essence
  • life form
  • mortal
  • person
  • creature
  • human
  • mammal
  • nature
  • spirit
3 syllables
  • animal
  • entity
  • organism
4 syllables
  • human being
  • living being
5 syllables
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What rhymes with being

1 syllable
  • fleen
  • teek
2 syllables
  • fleeing
  • geeing
  • keying
  • skiing
  • freeing
  • geejee
  • seeing
  • teeing
3 syllables
4 syllables
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