laggard

How many syllables in laggard?

  2 syllables

Divide laggard into syllables:   lag-gard
Stressed syllable in laggard:   lag-gard
How to pronounce laggard:   lag-erd
How to say laggard:

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2 syllables
  • dawdler
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  • idler
  • slacker
  • straggler
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    What rhymes with laggard

    2 syllables
    • Agard
    • haggard
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