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life

How many syllables in life?

  1 syllable

Divide life into syllables:   life
Syllable stress:   life
How to pronounce life:   lahyf
How to say life:

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Synonyms for life


1 syllable
  • days
  • kick
  • time
  • years
  • go
  • soul
  • verve
2 syllables
  • being
  • living
  • sparkle
  • lifetime
  • nature
3 syllables
  • energy
  • existence
4 syllables
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What rhymes with life

1 syllable
  • fife
  • fifed
  • rife
  • wife
  • Fife
  • knife
  • strife
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