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sustains

How many syllables in sustains?

  2 syllables

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What rhymes with sustains

1 syllable
  • banes
  • canes
  • chains
  • cranes
  • drains
  • grains
  • Keynes
  • lanes
  • manes
  • panes
  • plane's
  • raines
  • reigns
  • sainz
  • stains
  • swains
  • veins
  • brains
  • chain's
  • crane's
  • danes
  • gains
  • janes
  • lane's
  • mains
  • pains
  • plains
  • planes
  • rains
  • reins
  • sprains
  • strains
  • trains
  • wanes
2 syllables
  • attains
  • campaigns
  • champagnes
  • constrains
  • deigns
  • domains
  • maintains
  • pertains
  • regains
  • restrains
  • staio
  • waney
  • banewort
  • campal
  • complains
  • contains
  • disdains
  • explains
  • obtains
  • refrains
  • remains
  • retains
  • terrains
3 syllables
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