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surreptitious

How many syllables in surreptitious?

  4 syllables

Divide surreptitious into syllables:   sur-rep-ti-tious
Primary syllable stress:   sur-rep-ti-tious
Secondary syllable stress:   sur-rep-ti-tious
How to pronounce surreptitious:   sur-up-tish-us
How to say surreptitious:

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Synonyms for surreptitious


1 syllable
  • sly
    2 syllables
    • covert
    • secret
    • stealthy
    • furtive
    • sneaky
    3 syllables
      4 syllables
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        What rhymes with surreptitious

        3 syllables
        4 syllables
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