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burden

How many syllables in burden?

  2 syllables

Divide burden into syllables:   bur-den
Stressed syllable in burden:   bur-den
How to pronounce burden:   bur-dn
How to say burden:

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Synonyms for burden


1 syllable
  • brunt
  • fault
  • tax
  • yoke
  • care
  • load
  • weight
2 syllables
  • bondage
  • doing
  • lumber
  • pressure
  • trial
  • demands
  • hindrance
  • millstone
  • saddle
  • trouble
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with burden

2 syllables
  • Burdon
  • lurdane
  • verdin
  • guerdon
  • purdon
  • Verdun
3 syllables
    4 syllables
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