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old

How many syllables in old?

  1 syllable

Divide old into syllables:   old
Syllable stress:   old
How to pronounce old:   ohld
How to say old:

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Synonyms for old


1 syllable
  • aged
  • last
  • used
  • gray
  • tired
2 syllables
  • ancient
  • corny
  • erstwhile
  • hoary
  • natty
  • one-time
  • outworn
  • childhood
  • dated
  • former
  • mature
  • older
  • other
3 syllables
  • deep-rooted
  • from the past
  • getting on
  • overworked
  • raggedy
4 syllables
  • long forgotten
  • prehistoric
5 syllables
    7 syllables
    • not getting any younger
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      What rhymes with old

      1 syllable
      • bold
      • cold
      • fold
      • hold
      • mold
      • nold
      • polled
      • scold
      • soled
      • strolled
      • tolled
      • wold
      • bowled
      • doled
      • gold
      • holed
      • mould
      • poled
      • rolled
      • sold
      • souled
      • told
      • wol
      2 syllables
      • ahold
      • cajoled
      • controlled
      • enrolled
      • foretold
      • holeless
      • outsold
      • patrolled
      • resold
      • twofold
      • unsold
      • uphold
      • behold
      • consoled
      • enfold
      • extolled
      • fourfold
      • Nolde
      • paroled
      • remold
      • Roald
      • unfold
      • untold
      • withhold
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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