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captivity

How many syllables in captivity?

  4 syllables

Divide captivity into syllables:   cap-tiv-i-ty
Stressed syllable in captivity:   cap-tiv-i-ty
How to pronounce captivity:   kap-tiv-i-tee
How to say captivity:

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Synonyms for captivity


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      What rhymes with captivity

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