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overflowing

How many syllables in overflowing?

  4 syllables

Divide overflowing into syllables:   o-ver-flow-ing
Primary syllable stress:   o-ver-flow-ing
Secondary syllable stress:   o-ver-flow-ing
How to say overflowing:

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Synonyms for overflowing


1 syllable
  • filled
    2 syllables
    • brimful
    • swarming
    • brimming
    • teeming
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    • spilling over
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