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possessed

How many syllables in possessed?

  2 syllables

Divide possessed into syllables:   pos-sessed
How to pronounce possessed:   puh-zest
How to say possessed:

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Synonyms for possessed


2 syllables
  • manic
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What rhymes with possessed

1 syllable
  • best
  • blest
  • Brest
  • crest
  • fessed
  • gest
  • guest
  • lest
  • mest
  • pest
  • prest
  • rest
  • test
  • vest
  • wrest
  • blessed
  • breast
  • chest
  • dressed
  • fest
  • guessed
  • jest
  • messed
  • nest
  • pressed
  • quest
  • stressed
  • trest
  • west
2 syllables
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