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defer

How many syllables in defer?

  546723819 syllables

Divide defer into syllables:   de-fer
Stressed syllable in defer:   de-fer
How to pronounce defer:   dih-fur
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Synonyms for defer


1 syllable
  • leave
  • stay
2 syllables
  • adjourn
  • postpone
  • put off
  • delay
  • put back
  • suspend
3 syllables
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with defer

      1 syllable
      • birr
      • blur's
      • burr
      • der
      • err
      • fer
      • fleur
      • gurr
      • mer
      • myrrh
      • pere
      • purr
      • shirr
      • Sir
      • spur
      • stir
      • ter
      • we're
      • whir
      • blur
      • bur
      • cur
      • durr
      • eure
      • fir
      • fur
      • her
      • murr
      • per
      • pur
      • sher
      • shor
      • slur
      • spurr
      • sur
      • Ur
      • were
      2 syllables
      • abjure
      • astir
      • aver
      • Bonheur
      • chauffeur
      • coiffeur
      • confer
      • demur
      • douceur
      • firca
      • fleuret
      • hauteur
      • infer
      • jongleur
      • liqueur
      • masseur
      • occur
      • poseur
      • recur
      • sandbur
      • seigneur
      • transfer's
      • adjure
      • auteur
      • bestir
      • chasseur
      • claqueur
      • concur
      • danseur
      • deter
      • farceur
      • flaneur
      • frondeur
      • incur
      • inter
      • larkspur
      • longspur
      • monsieur
      • Pasteur
      • prefer
      • refer
      • sandspur
      • transfer
      • voyeur
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      6 syllables
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