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headlong

How many syllables in headlong?

  2 syllables

Divide headlong into syllables:   head-long
Primary syllable stress:   head-long
Secondary syllable stress:   head-long
How to say headlong:

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Synonyms for headlong


1 syllable
  • rash
    2 syllables
    • diving
    • headfirst
    • pitching
    • rashly
    • tumbling
    • hasty
    • hurried
    • plunging
    • reckless
    3 syllables
    • hastily
    • impulsive
    • without pause
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
      7 syllables
      • without consideration
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        What rhymes with headlong

        2 syllables
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