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while

How many syllables in while?

  1 syllable

Divide while into syllables:   while
Syllable stress:   while
How to say while:

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Synonyms for while


1 syllable
  • as
  • since
  • time
  • whilst
  • bit
  • though
  • when
2 syllables
  • although
  • whereas
  • little
3 syllables
  • even as
  • period
5 syllables
  • at the same time as
  • despite the fact that
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What rhymes with while

1 syllable
  • aisle
  • Crile
  • file
  • guile
  • hile
  • I'll
  • kyl
  • lile
  • Nile
  • rile
  • sheil
  • spile
  • style
  • tile's
  • viled
  • Weill
  • wyle
  • bile
  • faille
  • gile
  • heil
  • hyle
  • isle
  • Kyle
  • mile
  • pile
  • roil
  • smile
  • stile
  • tile
  • vile
  • Weil
  • wile
2 syllables
  • argyll
  • beguile
  • defile
  • fertile
  • kurzweil
  • Marseille
  • phyle
  • restyle
  • soleil
  • vial
  • worthwhile
  • awhile
  • compile
  • dial
  • hostile
  • lisle
  • phial
  • refile
  • revile
  • trial
  • viol
3 syllables
  • Mikhail
4 syllables
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