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held

How many syllables in held?

  1 syllable

Divide held into syllables:   held
Syllable stress:   held
How to pronounce held:   held
How to say held:

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Synonyms for held


1 syllable
  • said
  • seized
2 syllables
  • detained
  • rumored
  • supposed
3 syllables
  • tenable
    4 syllables
    • apprehended
    • under arrest
    • in custody
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    What rhymes with held

    1 syllable
    • celled
    • eld
    • fjeld
    • gelled
    • quelled
    • smelled
    • swelled
    • welled
    • dwelled
    • felled
    • geld
    • meld
    • shelled
    • spelled
    • weld
    2 syllables
    3 syllables
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