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intercept

How many syllables in intercept?

  3 syllables

Divide intercept into syllables:   in-ter-cept
Primary syllable stress:   in-ter-cept
Secondary syllable stress:   in-ter-cept
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Synonyms for intercept


1 syllable
  • catch
  • stop
  • seize
2 syllables
  • capture
  • waylay
  • cut off
3 syllables
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What rhymes with intercept

1 syllable
  • crept
  • leaped
  • prepped
  • slept
  • stepped
  • wep
  • kept
  • leapt
  • Sept
  • slete
  • swept
2 syllables
  • accept
  • adept
  • inept
  • accepts
  • except
3 syllables
5 syllables
    6 syllables
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