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possess

How many syllables in possess?

  2 syllables

Divide possess into syllables:   pos-sess
Stressed syllable in possess:   pos-sess
How to pronounce possess:   puh-zes
How to say possess:

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Synonyms for possess


1 syllable
  • boast
  • hold
  • have
  • own
2 syllables
  • fixate
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with possess

      1 syllable
      • abs
      • bless
      • ches
      • cmos
      • crests
      • cs
      • ers
      • ess
      • fesse
      • fs
      • gless
      • guests
      • ins
      • kess
      • les
      • ls
      • mess
      • oas
      • press
      • S
      • tess
      • ts
      • vs
      • ye
      • bess
      • blesse
      • chess
      • cress
      • CS
      • dress
      • es
      • fess
      • fests
      • gess
      • guess
      • Hess
      • Jess
      • las
      • less
      • Meknes
      • ness
      • pos
      • ques
      • stress
      • tress
      • us
      • ws
      2 syllables
      • abscess
      • address
      • assess
      • bench-press
      • caress
      • clothespress
      • cold-press
      • confess
      • cross-dress
      • depress
      • digress
      • divests
      • duress
      • esse
      • excessed
      • finesse
      • French press
      • handpress
      • Hesse
      • idlesse
      • Ines
      • ingress
      • largesse
      • much less
      • no less
      • obsess
      • outguess
      • prestress
      • process
      • progress
      • re-press
      • redress
      • repress
      • retests
      • side-dress
      • ss
      • success
      • sundress
      • tendresse
      • transgress
      • unless
      • word stress
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
        6 syllables
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