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extensive

How many syllables in extensive?

  3 syllables

Divide extensive into syllables:   ex-ten-sive
Stressed syllable in extensive:   ex-ten-sive
How to pronounce extensive:   ik-sten-siv
How to say extensive:

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Synonyms for extensive


1 syllable
  • big
  • full
  • huge
  • long
  • vast
  • broad
  • grand
  • large
  • rife
  • wide
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with extensive

    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
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