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compensate

How many syllables in compensate?

  3 syllables

Divide compensate into syllables:   com-pen-sate
Stressed syllable in compensate:   com-pen-sate
How to pronounce compensate:   kom-pun-seyt
How to say compensate:

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Synonyms for compensate


1 syllable
  • pay
    2 syllables
    • balance
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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      What rhymes with compensate

      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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