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optimism

How many syllables in optimism?

  3 syllables

Divide optimism into syllables:   op-ti-mism
Stressed syllable in optimism:   op-ti-mism
How to pronounce optimism:   op-tuh-miz-um
How to say optimism:

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Synonyms for optimism


1 syllable
  • hope
    2 syllables
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      What rhymes with optimism

      2 syllables
      • fideism
        3 syllables
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