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lives

How many syllables in lives?

  1 syllable

Divide lives into syllables:   lives
Syllable stress:   lives
How to pronounce lives:   lahyvz
How to say lives:

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What rhymes with lives

1 syllable
  • chives
  • fives
  • hives
  • knives
  • shives
  • thrives
  • wives
  • drives
  • gives
  • Ives
  • rives
  • strives
  • vives
2 syllables
  • arrives
  • derives
  • forgives
  • revives
  • deprives
  • dives
  • knivey
  • survives
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