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insistent

How many syllables in insistent?

  3 syllables

Divide insistent into syllables:   in-sist-ent
Stressed syllable in insistent:   in-sist-ent
How to pronounce insistent:   in-sis-tent
How to say insistent:

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Synonyms for insistent


1 syllable
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    2 syllables
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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      What rhymes with insistent

      2 syllables
      • distant
        3 syllables
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