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contemporaneous

How many syllables in contemporaneous?

  6 syllables

Divide contemporaneous into syllables:   con-tem-po-ra-ne-ous
Primary syllable stress:   con-tem-po-ra-ne-ous
Secondary syllable stress:   con-tem-po-ra-ne-ous
How to pronounce contemporaneous:   kun-tem-per-ey-nee-us
How to say contemporaneous:

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Synonyms for contemporaneous


3 syllables
  • period
4 syllables
5 syllables
  • of that period
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What rhymes with contemporaneous

4 syllables
    5 syllables
    6 syllables
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