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on

How many syllables in on?

  1 syllable

Divide on into syllables:   on
Syllable stress:   on
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Synonyms for on


1 syllable
  • at
  • by
2 syllables
  • about
  • next to
  • onward
  • scheduled
  • arranged
  • onto
  • over
  • toward
3 syllables
  • going on
  • lying on
  • proceeding
  • taking place
  • happening
  • on top of
  • resting on
4 syllables
  • by the side of
  • without stopping
  • without a break
5 syllables
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What rhymes with on

1 syllable
  • aune
  • baun
  • Bonn
  • Braun
  • chon
  • conn
  • dawn
  • Don
  • faun
  • flawn
  • guan
  • Han
  • hwan
  • Jon
  • Kahn
  • kon
  • kwon
  • lawn
  • Mon
  • non
  • pawn
  • prawn
  • raun
  • Sean
  • Shawn
  • swan
  • tonn
  • vaughan
  • wan
  • yawn
  • yon
  • ban
  • Bon
  • bonne
  • brawn
  • con
  • daun
  • don
  • drawn
  • fawn
  • gone
  • Hahn
  • hon
  • John
  • Juan
  • khan
  • kwan
  • laun
  • maun
  • mon
  • pan
  • pon
  • quan
  • ron
  • Shan
  • spawn
  • thon
  • tron
  • von
  • won
  • yawned
2 syllables
  • adon
  • Amon
  • Antoine
  • Bataan
  • Bhutan
  • cardon
  • chiffon
  • Fernand
  • forgone
  • garon
  • Iran
  • Johan
  • kuan
  • manon
  • Nippon
  • on-line
  • pecan
  • pilon
  • quinton
  • ronne
  • Saigon
  • salon's
  • Sorbonne
  • Taiwan
  • thonder
  • upon
  • Xian
  • yuan
  • Amman
  • anon
  • balon
  • baton
  • buisson
  • Ceylon
  • exon
  • foregone
  • Gabon
  • Hassan
  • javan
  • Koran
  • kwannon
  • Milan
  • Oman
  • Oran
  • peron
  • put-on
  • redrawn
  • run-on
  • salon
  • Sichuan
  • stephane
  • Tehran
  • toran
  • withdrawn
  • Yuan
  • yvonne
3 syllables
4 syllables
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