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jive

How many syllables in jive?

  1 syllable

Divide jive into syllables:   jive
Syllable stress:   jive
How to pronounce jive:   jahyv
How to say jive:

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What rhymes with jive

1 syllable
  • chive
  • dive
  • five
  • hive
  • live
  • shive
  • skive
  • strived
  • wive
  • Clive
  • drive
  • gyve
  • I've
  • rive
  • shrive
  • strive
  • thrive
2 syllables
  • alive
  • connive
  • deprive
  • revive
  • arrive
  • contrive
  • derive
  • survive
3 syllables
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