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detainee

How many syllables in detainee?

  271384956 syllables

Divide detainee into syllables:   de-tain-ee
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Synonyms for detainee


2 syllables
  • captive
  • hostage
3 syllables
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    What rhymes with detainee

    1 syllable
    • ab
    • ABD
    • B
    • bee
    • bree
    • bt
    • chee
    • cod
    • Cree
    • DDT
    • de
    • di
    • ee
    • esp
    • fi
    • flee
    • free
    • gee
    • glee
    • hee
    • id
    • key
    • Klee
    • LED
    • Leigh
    • marquees
    • mea
    • mi
    • nee
    • oui
    • pea
    • plea
    • pree
    • qui
    • re
    • sci
    • sea
    • sep
    • shi
    • shri
    • si
    • ski
    • smee
    • spree
    • tea
    • thee
    • ti
    • vee
    • wee
    • Yi
    • zee
    • abd
    • atp
    • be
    • blea
    • Brie
    • C
    • cie
    • crea
    • D
    • ddt
    • dee
    • E
    • ESP
    • fee
    • flea
    • fop
    • G
    • ghee
    • he
    • ib
    • kee
    • Ki
    • knee
    • Lee
    • li
    • me
    • mee
    • Mt
    • oad
    • P
    • pee
    • pre
    • prix
    • rb
    • ree
    • se
    • see
    • she
    • shih
    • shride
    • sie
    • slee
    • snee
    • Sri
    • tee
    • three
    • tree
    • we
    • yee
    • Z
    2 syllables
    • absentee's
    • achy
    • agree
    • alee
    • ally
    • appointee's
    • attendee's
    • banshee
    • Capri
    • CD
    • Cuffee
    • Danaë
    • debris
    • degree
    • deportee's
    • dundee
    • emcee
    • esprit
    • forsee
    • Gretzky
    • Henri
    • IP
    • kea
    • lessee
    • louie
    • Marie
    • marquee
    • MC
    • nestle
    • party
    • Pawnee
    • pouncy
    • ravi
    • returnee's
    • rupee
    • sightsee
    • tootsie
    • trainee
    • trustee
    • vendee
    • whoopee
    • yippee
    • AC
    • Agee
    • akey
    • alley
    • Amy
    • artsy
    • Baha'i
    • bibi
    • CC
    • Chablis
    • curie
    • dea
    • decree
    • degree's
    • draftee
    • duree
    • escapee's
    • foresee
    • goatee
    • gutsy
    • indri
    • IUD
    • Lea
    • licensee's
    • louies
    • markee
    • Marquis
    • meebos
    • oadal
    • pattee
    • piggy
    • ranee
    • rea
    • rountree
    • San Luis
    • teecall
    • torii
    • trainee's
    • TV
    • weeble
    • Yangtze
    • Zea
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      7 syllables
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