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vacillate

How many syllables in vacillate?

  3 syllables

Divide vacillate into syllables:   vac-il-late
Stressed syllable in vacillate:   vac-il-late
How to pronounce vacillate:   vas-uh-leyt
How to say vacillate:

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Synonyms for vacillate


2 syllables
  • delay
  • falter
  • waver
  • dither
  • think twice
  • weaken
3 syllables
  • agonize
  • hesitate
4 syllables
    5 syllables
    • be indecisive
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      What rhymes with vacillate

      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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