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number

How many syllables in number?

  2 syllables

Divide number into syllables:   num-ber
Stressed syllable in number:   num-ber
How to pronounce number:   nuhm-ber
How to say number:

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Synonyms for number


2 syllables
  • amount
  • digit
  • issue
  • total
  • come to
  • figure
  • run to
  • volume
3 syllables
  • add up to
  • numeral
  • integer
  • quantity
4 syllables
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    What rhymes with number

    2 syllables
    • cumber
    • lumbar
    • slumber
    • Humber
    • lumber
    • umber
    3 syllables
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