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suburb

How many syllables in suburb?

  2 syllables

Divide suburb into syllables:   sub-urb
Stressed syllable in suburb:   sub-urb
How to pronounce suburb:   suhb-urb
How to say suburb:

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Synonyms for suburb


1 syllable
  • town
    2 syllables
    • commune
    • village
    • hamlet
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with suburb

      2 syllables
      • acerb
      • disturb
      • perturb
      • pro-verb
      • reverb
      • superb
      • adverb
      • exurb
      • potherb
      • proverb
      • suburb's
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