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safeguard

How many syllables in safeguard?

  2 syllables

Divide safeguard into syllables:   safe-guard
Primary syllable stress:   safe-guard
Secondary syllable stress:   safe-guard
How to pronounce safeguard:   seyf-gahrd
How to say safeguard:

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Synonyms for safeguard


1 syllable
  • check
  • shield
  • guard
2 syllables
  • buffer
  • conserve
  • protect
  • bulwark
  • preserve
3 syllables
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    What rhymes with safeguard

    2 syllables
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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