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contain

How many syllables in contain?

  572418639 syllables

Divide contain into syllables:   con-tain
Stressed syllable in contain:   con-tain
How to pronounce contain:   kun-teyn
How to say contain:

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Synonyms for contain


1 syllable
  • have
  • take
  • hold
2 syllables
  • carry
  • control
  • embrace
  • hold back
  • involve
  • repress
  • restrict
  • surround
  • confine
  • cover
  • enclose
  • include
  • limit
  • restrain
  • suppress
3 syllables
  • be full of
  • inhibit
  • localize
  • delimit
  • keep in check
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What rhymes with contain

1 syllable
  • bain
  • blain
  • brain
  • cane
  • crain
  • dain
  • deign
  • draine
  • fain
  • feign
  • frayne
  • grain
  • hain
  • heyne
  • Jane
  • kane
  • laine
  • layne
  • main
  • mane
  • pain
  • pane
  • plane
  • reign
  • sain
  • saned
  • slain
  • Spain
  • stain
  • swain
  • train
  • vain
  • vein
  • wane
  • bane
  • blains
  • cain
  • chain
  • crane
  • Dane
  • drain
  • dwayne
  • fane
  • frayn
  • gain
  • grein
  • hayne
  • Jain
  • kain
  • lain
  • lane
  • ln
  • Maine
  • mane's
  • Paine
  • plain
  • rain
  • rein
  • sane
  • Shane
  • slane
  • sprain
  • strain
  • thane
  • Twain
  • vane
  • wain
  • Wayne
2 syllables
  • abstain
  • aine
  • Alain
  • amain
  • arraign
  • Bahrain
  • biplane
  • bugbane
  • campaign
  • champaign
  • checkrein
  • chilblain
  • cinquain
  • Cockaigne
  • complain
  • cordwain
  • coxswain
  • demain
  • demesne
  • destain
  • devein
  • distain
  • domain
  • duane
  • emplane
  • enplane
  • explain
  • fleabane
  • floodplain
  • frayproof
  • Germain
  • germane
  • henbane
  • house-train
  • Hussein
  • immane
  • ingrain
  • jack plane
  • lainage
  • layner
  • Lorraine
  • marchpane
  • midbrain
  • Montaigne
  • moraine
  • mundane
  • octane
  • pertain
  • propane
  • purslane
  • refrain
  • remain
  • retain
  • Rogaine
  • sartain
  • seatrain
  • sustain
  • terrain
  • terrane
  • triplane
  • unchain
  • veinal
  • vicereine
  • volplane
  • wolfsbane
  • again
  • airplane
  • alane
  • arcane
  • attain
  • Beltane
  • bloodstain
  • butane
  • champagne
  • Champlain
  • chicane
  • chow mein
  • cocaine
  • Coltrane
  • constrain
  • cowbane
  • delaine
  • demal
  • deplane
  • detain
  • disdain
  • dogbane
  • duan
  • Elaine
  • engrain
  • ethane
  • eyestrain
  • floatplane
  • forebrain
  • Gawain
  • Germaine
  • grosgrain
  • hindbrain
  • humane
  • Igraine
  • inane
  • insane
  • Jermaine
  • lamebrain
  • lightplane
  • maintain
  • methane
  • migraine
  • montane
  • mortmain
  • obtain
  • ordain
  • profane
  • ptomaine
  • quatrain
  • regain
  • restrain
  • retrain
  • romaine
  • seaplane
  • Spokane
  • tailplane
  • terrain's
  • Touraine
  • Ukraine
  • urbane
  • vervain
  • villein
  • warplane
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