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parasympathetic

How many syllables in parasympathetic?

  6 syllables

Divide parasympathetic into syllables:   par-a-sym-pa-thet-ic
How to pronounce parasympathetic:   par-uh-sim-puh-thet-ik
How to say parasympathetic:

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What rhymes with parasympathetic

3 syllables
  • acetic
  • ascetic
  • cosmetic
  • frenetic
  • kinetic
  • pathetic
  • poetic
  • prosthetic
4 syllables
5 syllables
6 syllables
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