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suspense

How many syllables in suspense?

  2 syllables

Divide suspense into syllables:   sus-pense
Stressed syllable in suspense:   sus-pense
How to pronounce suspense:   suh-spens
How to say suspense:

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Synonyms for suspense


2 syllables
  • tension
    3 syllables
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
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        What rhymes with suspense

        1 syllable
        • cents
        • fence
        • pence
        • sense
        • tense
        • whence
        • dense
        • hence
        • pense
        • Spence
        • thence
        2 syllables
        3 syllables
        4 syllables
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