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period

How many syllables in period?

  3 syllables

Divide period into syllables:   pe-ri-od
Stressed syllable in period:   pe-ri-od
How to pronounce period:   peer-ee-ud
How to say period:

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Synonyms for period


1 syllable
  • age
  • day
  • phase
  • shift
  • spot
  • stint
  • term
  • times
  • class
  • dot
  • point
  • spell
  • stage
  • stop
  • time
  • while
2 syllables
  • chapter
  • eon
  • era
  • lesson
  • season
  • cycle
  • epoch
  • full stop
  • lifetime
  • window
3 syllables
  • episode
  • interval
5 syllables
  • punctuation mark
    6 syllables
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      What rhymes with period

      3 syllables
      • myriad
      • Nereid
      • nereid
      • period's
      4 syllables
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