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buoy

How many syllables in buoy?

  428915736 syllables

Divide buoy into syllables:   bu-oy
How to say buoy:

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Synonyms for buoy


1 syllable
  • float
  • lift
2 syllables
  • hearten
  • keep up
  • marker
  • sustain
  • hold up
  • maintain
  • prop up
3 syllables
  • buoy up
  • keep afloat
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What rhymes with buoy

1 syllable
  • cloy
  • foy
  • hoy
  • koi
  • ploy
  • Roy
  • sui
  • troy
  • coy
  • goy
  • joy
  • oy
  • poi
  • soy
  • toy
  • U
2 syllables
  • bluey
  • chewy
  • dewy
  • flooey
  • gooey
  • hooeys
  • matsui
  • phooey
  • screwy
  • suey
  • blueys
  • Dewey
  • ennui
  • gluey
  • hooey
  • Louis
  • newie
  • rouille
  • sloughy
  • viewy
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