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declining

How many syllables in declining?

  3 syllables

Divide declining into syllables:   de-clin-ing
How to say declining:

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Synonyms for declining


2 syllables
  • dwindling
  • waning
  • falling
3 syllables
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What rhymes with declining

2 syllables
  • brining
  • fining
  • mining
  • pining
  • signing
  • vining
  • dining
  • lining
  • minings
  • shining
  • twining
  • whining
3 syllables
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