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counterweight

How many syllables in counterweight?

  3 syllables

Divide counterweight into syllables:   coun-ter-weight
Primary syllable stress:   coun-ter-weight
Secondary syllable stress:   coun-ter-weight
How to pronounce counterweight:   koun-ter-weyt
How to say counterweight:

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Synonyms for counterweight


1 syllable
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    2 syllables
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      4 syllables
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        What rhymes with counterweight

        3 syllables
        4 syllables
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