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problematic

How many syllables in problematic?

  4 syllables

Divide problematic into syllables:   prob-lem-at-ic
Primary syllable stress:   prob-lem-at-ic
Secondary syllable stress:   prob-lem-at-ic
How to pronounce problematic:   prob-luh-mat-ik
How to say problematic:

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Synonyms for problematic


1 syllable
  • tight
    2 syllables
    • awkward
    • problem
    • thorny
    • tricky
    • knotty
    • sticky
    • ticklish
    • troubled
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
      5 syllables
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        What rhymes with problematic

        2 syllables
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