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competitive

How many syllables in competitive?

  4 syllables

Divide competitive into syllables:   com-pet-i-tive
Stressed syllable in competitive:   com-pet-i-tive
How to pronounce competitive:   kum-pet-i-tiv
How to say competitive:

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Synonyms for competitive


2 syllables
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    What rhymes with competitive

    1 syllable
    • rep
      4 syllables
        5 syllables
          6 syllables
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