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whims

How many syllables in whims?

  1 syllable

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

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What rhymes with whims

1 syllable
  • dims
  • hymns
  • nims
  • sims
  • slims
  • trims
  • gyms
  • limbs
  • rims
  • skims
  • swims
2 syllables
  • simsim
  • whimsy
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