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prohibitive

How many syllables in prohibitive?

  4 syllables

Divide prohibitive into syllables:   pro-hib-i-tive
How to pronounce prohibitive:   proh-hib-i-tiv
How to say prohibitive:

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Synonyms for prohibitive


1 syllable
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        5 syllables
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