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descent

How many syllables in descent?

  785491263 syllables

Divide descent into syllables:   de-scent
Stressed syllable in descent:   de-scent
How to pronounce descent:   dih-sent
How to say descent:

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Synonyms for descent


1 syllable
  • crash
  • drop
  • line
  • slope
  • dive
  • fall
  • plunge
2 syllables
  • comedown
  • forebears
  • tumble
  • decline
  • letdown
3 syllables
  • ancestry
  • gradient
  • origin
  • pedigree
  • downward slope
  • lineage
  • parentage
  • succession
4 syllables
  • downward spiral
5 syllables
  • degeneration
  • downward gradient
6 syllables
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    What rhymes with descent

    1 syllable
    • bent
    • cent
    • fent
    • Ghent
    • lent
    • pent
    • scent
    • spent
    • tent
    • vent
    • Zen
    • brent
    • dent
    • gent
    • Kent
    • meant
    • rent
    • sent
    • stent
    • trent
    • went
    2 syllables
    • absent
    • Advent
    • ascent
    • augment
    • cement
    • consent
    • convent
    • descent's
    • dissent
    • event
    • ferment
    • fragment
    • hell-bent
    • intent
    • lament
    • low-rent
    • mordent
    • pent-up
    • pigment
    • present
    • pup tent
    • rack-rent
    • repent
    • segment
    • Tashkent
    • unsent
    • well-meant
    • accent
    • anent
    • assent
    • besprent
    • comment
    • content
    • dement
    • detent
    • docent
    • extent
    • foment
    • frequent
    • indent
    • invent
    • loment
    • misspent
    • outspent
    • percent
    • portent
    • prevent
    • quitrent
    • relent
    • resent
    • Shymkent
    • torment
    • unspent
    • wisent
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
    6 syllables
      7 syllables
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