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waiting

How many syllables in waiting?

  2 syllables

Divide waiting into syllables:   wait-ing
Stressed syllable in waiting:   wait-ing
How to pronounce waiting:   wey-ting
How to say waiting:

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Synonyms for waiting


2 syllables
  • to come
    3 syllables
    • before you
    • coming up
    • behind you
    4 syllables
    • ahead of you
    • in the making
    • for the future
    • in the offing
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    What rhymes with waiting

    2 syllables
    • baiting
    • dating
    • hating
    • plating
    • sating
    • stating
    • crating
    • grating
    • mating
    • rating
    • skating
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    6 syllables
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