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dry

How many syllables in dry?

  1 syllable

Divide dry into syllables:   dry
Syllable stress:   dry
How to pronounce dry:   drahy
How to say dry:

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Synonyms for dry


1 syllable
  • dull
  • parched
  • wipe
  • parch
  • rub
  • wry
2 syllables
  • arid
  • chalky
  • dreary
  • dried up
  • dry up
  • make dry
  • rub down
  • thirsting
  • towel
  • wither
  • boring
  • deadpan
  • dried out
  • dry out
  • gasping
  • mop up
  • soak up
  • thirsty
  • wispy
3 syllables
  • become dry
  • desiccate
  • laconic
  • powdery
  • sardonic
  • teetotal
  • uninspired
4 syllables
5 syllables
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What rhymes with dry

1 syllable
  • ay
  • bae
  • Bligh
  • by
  • cai
  • chi
  • cy
  • die
  • eye
  • fi
  • fly
  • Frye
  • guy
  • hie
  • Hy
  • i
  • lai
  • lxi
  • lye
  • my
  • nigh
  • phi
  • pie
  • pry
  • pye
  • sai
  • shy
  • sky
  • sly
  • spy
  • sty
  • tae
  • Tai
  • thigh
  • tie
  • try
  • tye
  • vie
  • wry
  • wye
  • y
  • aye
  • bi
  • buy
  • bye
  • chai
  • cry
  • di
  • dye
  • fae
  • fie
  • fry
  • gae
  • hi
  • high
  • I
  • kwai
  • lie
  • ly
  • mei
  • ngai
  • NYE
  • pi
  • ply
  • pty
  • rye
  • sci
  • sigh
  • Skye
  • spry
  • Sri
  • Sy
  • tai
  • Thai
  • thy
  • tri
  • Ty
  • vi
  • why
  • Wye
  • Y
2 syllables
  • alai
  • awry
  • bely
  • comply
  • defy
  • denyer
  • Dubai
  • good-bye
  • goodbye's
  • hi-fi
  • July
  • nearby
  • reply
  • Shanghai
  • supply
  • untie
  • whereby
  • apply
  • belie
  • bonsai
  • decry
  • deny
  • descry
  • dui
  • goodbye
  • hereby
  • imply
  • mistry
  • rely
  • retry
  • standby
  • thereby
  • Versailles
  • WY
3 syllables
  • bonsela
  • misapply
  • psi
  • replyer
  • semidry
  • underly
  • fryable
  • overfly
  • PSI
  • resupply
  • underlie
  • underlye
4 syllables
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