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dead

How many syllables in dead?

  742619538 syllable

Divide dead into syllables:   dead
Syllable stress:   dead
How to pronounce dead:   ded
How to say dead:

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Synonyms for dead


1 syllable
  • blank
  • dull
  • gone
  • numb
  • down
  • flat
  • late
  • stiff
2 syllables
  • asleep
  • deadly
  • defunct
  • empty
  • extinct
  • frozen
  • lifeless
  • quiet
  • boring
  • deceased
  • done with
  • ended
  • finished
  • inert
  • over
  • silent
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with dead

    1 syllable
    • bed
    • bread
    • dread
    • fed
    • Fred
    • head
    • lead
    • med
    • pled
    • red
    • said
    • shred
    • sped
    • stead
    • ted
    • tread
    • zed
    • bled
    • bred
    • ed
    • fled
    • ged
    • jed
    • led
    • ped
    • read
    • redd
    • shed
    • sled
    • spread
    • Ted
    • thread
    • wed
    2 syllables
    • abed
    • ahead
    • embed
    • instead
    • purebred
    • sayed
    • unsaid
    • widespread
    • adread
    • behead
    • imbed
    • misled
    • retread
    • unread
    • unwed
    3 syllables
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