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contagious

How many syllables in contagious?

  3 syllables

Divide contagious into syllables:   con-ta-gious
Stressed syllable in contagious:   con-ta-gious
How to pronounce contagious:   kun-tey-jus
How to say contagious:

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Synonyms for contagious


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        What rhymes with contagious

        3 syllables
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