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retain

How many syllables in retain?

  2 syllables

Divide retain into syllables:   re-tain
Stressed syllable in retain:   re-tain
How to pronounce retain:   ri-teyn
How to say retain:

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Synonyms for retain


1 syllable
  • have
  • keep
  • hold
  • save
2 syllables
3 syllables
  • hang on to
  • keep hold of
  • hold on to
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What rhymes with retain

1 syllable
  • bain
  • blain
  • brain
  • cane
  • crain
  • dain
  • deign
  • draine
  • fain
  • feign
  • frayne
  • grain
  • hain
  • heyne
  • Jane
  • kane
  • laine
  • layne
  • main
  • mane
  • pain
  • pane
  • plane
  • reign
  • sain
  • saned
  • slain
  • Spain
  • stain
  • swain
  • train
  • vain
  • vein
  • wane
  • bane
  • blains
  • cain
  • chain
  • crane
  • Dane
  • drain
  • dwayne
  • fane
  • frayn
  • gain
  • grein
  • hayne
  • Jain
  • kain
  • lain
  • lane
  • ln
  • Maine
  • mane's
  • Paine
  • plain
  • rain
  • rein
  • sane
  • Shane
  • slane
  • sprain
  • strain
  • thane
  • Twain
  • vane
  • wain
  • Wayne
2 syllables
  • abstain
  • aine
  • airplane
  • alane
  • arcane
  • attain
  • Bassein
  • biplane
  • block plane
  • boat train
  • bugbane
  • campaign
  • champaign
  • checkrein
  • chilblain
  • chow mein
  • cocaine
  • Coltrane
  • constrain
  • cordwain
  • coxswain
  • delaine
  • demal
  • deplane
  • detain
  • devein
  • distain
  • dogbane
  • duan
  • dumb cane
  • Elaine
  • enchain
  • enplane
  • ethane
  • eyestrain
  • fleabane
  • floodplain
  • forebrain
  • frayproof
  • Germain
  • germane
  • grosgrain
  • henbane
  • house-train
  • Hussein
  • immane
  • ingrain
  • jack plane
  • lainage
  • layner
  • lightplane
  • long-chain
  • maintain
  • membrane
  • midbrain
  • Montaigne
  • moraine
  • Moulmein
  • New Spain
  • octane
  • pertain
  • profane
  • ptomaine
  • quatrain
  • refrain
  • remain
  • retrain
  • Rogaine
  • sailplane
  • sea-lane
  • seatrain
  • Spokane
  • tailplane
  • terrain
  • terrane
  • towplane
  • Ukraine
  • urbane
  • vervain
  • villein
  • warplane
  • wolfsbane
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4 syllables
5 syllables
6 syllables
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