self-control

How many syllables in self-control?

  3 syllables

Divide self-control into syllables:   self-con-trol
Primary syllable stress:   self-con-trol
Secondary syllable stress:   self-con-trol
How to say self-control:

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Synonyms for self-control


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What rhymes with self-control

1 syllable
  • bole
  • bowl
  • cole
  • dole
  • foal
  • hole
  • Kohl
  • nole
  • ole
  • poll
  • roll
  • shoal
  • sol
  • soul
  • stroll
  • thole
  • toll
  • whole
  • boll
  • coal
  • dhole
  • droll
  • goal
  • knoll
  • mole
  • noll
  • pole
  • role
  • scroll
  • skoal
  • sole
  • stole
  • strolld
  • tole
  • troll
2 syllables
  • cajole
  • control
  • doleance
  • enroll
  • extol
  • parole
  • pistole
  • sowle
  • viole
  • console
  • devaul
  • ecole
  • enrolle
  • Nicole
  • patrol
  • Seoul
  • unroll
3 syllables
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