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cancer

How many syllables in cancer?

  2 syllables

Divide cancer into syllables:   can-cer
Stressed syllable in cancer:   can-cer
How to pronounce cancer:   kan-ser
How to say cancer:

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Synonyms for cancer


1 syllable
  • bane
  • growth
  • plague
  • blight
  • pest
  • scourge
2 syllables
  • canker
  • evil
  • tumor
  • disease
  • menace
3 syllables
  • sarcoma
4 syllables
  • malignant cells
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What rhymes with cancer

1 syllable
  • pance
    2 syllables
    • answer
    • ganser
    • lancer
    • dancer
    • glancer
    • manser
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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