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receding

How many syllables in receding?

  3 syllables

Divide receding into syllables:   re-ced-ing
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Synonyms for receding


1 syllable
  • bald
    2 syllables
    • balding
    3 syllables
    • losing ground
    • retreating
    • moving back
    • withdrawing
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with receding

      2 syllables
      • bleeding
      • breeding
      • feeding
      • kneading
      • needing
      • reading
      • seeding
      • bleedings
      • ceding
      • heeding
      • leading
      • pleading
      • reding
      • speeding
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      6 syllables
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