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essayist

How many syllables in essayist?

  3 syllables

Divide essayist into syllables:   es-say-ist
Stressed syllable in essayist:   es-say-ist
How to pronounce essayist:   es-ey-ist
How to say essayist:

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Synonyms for essayist


2 syllables
  • author
  • playwright
  • writer
  • critic
  • poet
3 syllables
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