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poverty

How many syllables in poverty?

  3 syllables

Divide poverty into syllables:   pov-er-ty
Stressed syllable in poverty:   pov-er-ty
How to pronounce poverty:   pov-er-tee
How to say poverty:

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Synonyms for poverty


1 syllable
  • need
  • want
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
    6 syllables
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