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understood

How many syllables in understood?

  3 syllables

Divide understood into syllables:   un-der-stood
Primary syllable stress:   un-der-stood
Secondary syllable stress:   un-der-stood
How to pronounce understood:   un-der-stood
How to say understood:

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Synonyms for understood


1 syllable
  • couched
  • said
2 syllables
  • believed
  • silent
  • tacit
  • voiceless
3 syllables
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What rhymes with understood

1 syllable
  • could
  • hood
  • stood
  • would
  • good
  • should
  • wood
2 syllables
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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