floating

How many syllables in floating?

  2 syllables

Divide floating into syllables:   float-ing
Stressed syllable in floating:   float-ing
How to pronounce floating:   floh-ting
How to say floating:

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Synonyms for floating


1 syllable
  • perched
  • poised
2 syllables
  • adrift
  • balanced
  • filmy
  • afloat
  • buoyant
  • hanging
3 syllables
  • hovering
  • on the edge
  • on the brink
  • suspended
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What rhymes with floating

2 syllables
  • bloating
  • coating
  • gloating
  • quoting
  • boating
  • doting
  • noting
  • toting
3 syllables
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