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How many syllables in main?

  1 syllable

Divide main into syllables:   main
Syllable stress:   main
How to pronounce main:   meyn
How to say main:

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Synonyms for main


1 syllable
  • chief
  • first
  • lead
  • core
  • key
  • prime
2 syllables
  • basic
  • central
  • foremost
  • largest
  • staple
  • biggest
  • focal
  • highest
  • major
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • most important
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What rhymes with main

1 syllable
  • ain
  • ane
  • Bain
  • bine
  • blains
  • brine
  • cane
  • chine
  • crane
  • Dane
  • dine
  • draine
  • dyne
  • fane
  • fine
  • frayne
  • grain
  • hain
  • heyne
  • Jane
  • Kane
  • kine
  • laine
  • lane
  • line
  • Maine
  • mane's
  • nine
  • Paine
  • pine
  • plane
  • Quine
  • reign
  • Rhine
  • sane
  • seine
  • Shane
  • shrine
  • skein
  • slane
  • spline
  • stain
  • stein
  • swain
  • syne
  • thegn
  • train
  • Twain
  • twine
  • vane
  • vine
  • wane
  • whine
  • Aisne
  • bain
  • bane
  • blain
  • brain
  • cain
  • chain
  • crain
  • dain
  • deign
  • drain
  • dwayne
  • fain
  • feign
  • frayn
  • gain
  • grein
  • hayne
  • Jain
  • kain
  • kane
  • lain
  • Lane
  • layne
  • ln
  • mane
  • mine
  • pain
  • pane
  • plain
  • quean
  • rain
  • rein
  • sain
  • saned
  • Seine
  • shine
  • sign
  • slain
  • Spain
  • sprain
  • stane
  • strain
  • swine
  • thane
  • thine
  • trine
  • twain
  • vain
  • vein
  • wain
  • Wayne
  • wine
2 syllables
  • abstain
  • aine
  • alane
  • arcane
  • attain
  • butane
  • champagne
  • Champlain
  • complain
  • contain
  • demain
  • detain
  • domain
  • duane
  • explain
  • frayproof
  • Germaine
  • humane
  • inane
  • Jermaine
  • layner
  • maintain
  • mundane
  • ordain
  • profane
  • regain
  • restrain
  • retrain
  • romaine
  • Spokane
  • terrain
  • Ukraine
  • veinal
  • again
  • Alain
  • amain
  • arraign
  • Bahrain
  • campaign
  • champaign
  • cocaine
  • constrain
  • delaine
  • demal
  • disdain
  • duan
  • Elaine
  • eyen
  • Germain
  • germane
  • Hussein
  • insane
  • lainage
  • Lorraine
  • moraine
  • obtain
  • pertain
  • refrain
  • remain
  • retain
  • Rogaine
  • sartain
  • sustain
  • terrain's
  • urbane
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4 syllables
5 syllables
6 syllables
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