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person

How many syllables in person?

  2 syllables

Divide person into syllables:   per-son
Stressed syllable in person:   per-son
How to pronounce person:   pur-sun
How to say person:

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Synonyms for person


1 syllable
  • guise
  • part
  • self
  • one
  • role
  • sort
2 syllables
  • being
  • dweller
  • figure
  • party
  • creature
  • ego
  • human
  • someone
3 syllables
  • anyone
  • entity
  • persona
4 syllables
  • human being
    5 syllables
    7 syllables
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      What rhymes with person

      1 syllable
      • worse
        2 syllables
        • person's
        • worsen
        • urson
        3 syllables
          4 syllables
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