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explain

How many syllables in explain?

  239764158 syllables

Divide explain into syllables:   ex-plain
Stressed syllable in explain:   ex-plain
How to pronounce explain:   ik-spleyn
How to say explain:

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Synonyms for explain


1 syllable
  • show
  • teach
  • solve
2 syllables
  • acquaint
  • defend
  • excuse
  • layout
  • translate
  • apprise
  • describe
  • expound
  • make clear
  • unfold
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • delineate
  • give reasons for
  • put in plain words
5 syllables
  • give explanation
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    What rhymes with explain

    1 syllable
    • bain
    • blain
    • brain
    • cane
    • crain
    • dain
    • deign
    • draine
    • fain
    • feign
    • frayne
    • grain
    • hain
    • heyne
    • Jane
    • kane
    • laine
    • layne
    • main
    • mane
    • pain
    • pane
    • plane
    • reign
    • sain
    • saned
    • slain
    • Spain
    • stain
    • swain
    • train
    • vain
    • vein
    • wane
    • bane
    • blains
    • cain
    • chain
    • crane
    • Dane
    • drain
    • dwayne
    • fane
    • frayn
    • gain
    • grein
    • hayne
    • Jain
    • kain
    • lain
    • lane
    • ln
    • Maine
    • mane's
    • Paine
    • plain
    • rain
    • rein
    • sane
    • Shane
    • slane
    • sprain
    • strain
    • thane
    • Twain
    • vane
    • wain
    • Wayne
    2 syllables
    • abstain
    • aine
    • Alain
    • amain
    • arraign
    • Bahrain
    • biplane
    • bugbane
    • campaign
    • champaign
    • checkrein
    • chilblain
    • cinquain
    • Cockaigne
    • complain
    • contain
    • cowbane
    • delaine
    • demal
    • deplane
    • detain
    • disdain
    • dogbane
    • duan
    • Elaine
    • engrain
    • ethane
    • fleabane
    • floodplain
    • frayproof
    • Germain
    • germane
    • henbane
    • house-train
    • Hussein
    • immane
    • ingrain
    • jack plane
    • lainage
    • layner
    • Lorraine
    • marchpane
    • midbrain
    • Montaigne
    • moraine
    • mundane
    • octane
    • pertain
    • propane
    • purslane
    • refrain
    • remain
    • retain
    • Rogaine
    • sartain
    • seatrain
    • sustain
    • terrain
    • terrane
    • triplane
    • unchain
    • veinal
    • vicereine
    • volplane
    • wolfsbane
    • again
    • airplane
    • alane
    • arcane
    • attain
    • Beltane
    • bloodstain
    • butane
    • champagne
    • Champlain
    • chicane
    • chow mein
    • cocaine
    • Coltrane
    • constrain
    • cordwain
    • coxswain
    • demain
    • demesne
    • destain
    • devein
    • distain
    • domain
    • duane
    • emplane
    • enplane
    • eyestrain
    • floatplane
    • forebrain
    • Gawain
    • Germaine
    • grosgrain
    • hindbrain
    • humane
    • Igraine
    • inane
    • insane
    • Jermaine
    • lamebrain
    • lightplane
    • maintain
    • methane
    • migraine
    • montane
    • mortmain
    • obtain
    • ordain
    • profane
    • ptomaine
    • quatrain
    • regain
    • restrain
    • retrain
    • romaine
    • seaplane
    • Spokane
    • tailplane
    • terrain's
    • Touraine
    • Ukraine
    • urbane
    • vervain
    • villein
    • warplane
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
    6 syllables
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