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top-heavy

How many syllables in top-heavy?

  3 syllables

Divide top-heavy into syllables:   top-heav-y
Primary syllable stress:   top-heav-y
Secondary syllable stress:   top-heav-y
How to say top-heavy:

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Synonyms for top-heavy


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      What rhymes with top-heavy

      3 syllables
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