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overcast

How many syllables in overcast?

  3 syllables

Divide overcast into syllables:   o-ver-cast
Primary syllable stress:   o-ver-cast
Secondary syllable stress:   o-ver-cast
How to say overcast:

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Synonyms for overcast


1 syllable
  • dark
  • gray
  • dull
2 syllables
  • cloudy
  • gloomy
  • leaden
  • sullen
  • dreary
  • heavy
  • murky
  • sunless
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What rhymes with overcast

2 syllables
  • cineast
    3 syllables
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