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world

How many syllables in world?

  1 syllable

Divide world into syllables:   world
Syllable stress:   world
How to pronounce world:   wurld
How to say world:

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Synonyms for world


1 syllable
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    4 syllables
    • the human race
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    What rhymes with world

    1 syllable
    • burled
    • whorled
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