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excessive

How many syllables in excessive?

  3 syllables

Divide excessive into syllables:   ex-ces-sive
How to pronounce excessive:   ik-ses-iv
How to say excessive:

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Synonyms for excessive


1 syllable
  • great
  • high
2 syllables
  • extreme
  • too much
  • unjust
  • fulsome
  • undue
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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What rhymes with excessive

3 syllables
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