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lead

How many syllables in lead?

  672493581 syllable

Divide lead into syllables:   lead
Syllable stress:   lead
How to pronounce lead:   leed
How to say lead:

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Synonyms for lead


1 syllable
  • chair
  • clue
  • front
  • head
  • leash
  • main
  • rein
  • run
  • take
  • chief
  • cord
  • guide
  • hint
  • line
  • prime
  • rule
  • start
  • wire
2 syllables
  • advance
  • central
  • conduct
  • direct
  • halter
  • manage
  • pointer
  • proceed
  • usher
  • captain
  • command
  • control
  • escort
  • head start
  • pilot
  • preside
  • spearhead
  • vanguard
3 syllables
  • advantage
  • be winning
  • go in front
  • leadership
  • show the way
  • be in front
  • go ahead
  • important
  • principal
4 syllables
  • be in charge of
  • indication
  • majority
  • be in the lead
  • information
5 syllables
  • be the forerunner
  • have an advantage
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What rhymes with lead

1 syllable
  • bead
  • Bede
  • bleed
  • bred
  • breed
  • creed
  • dede
  • dread
  • fed
  • fled
  • freed
  • Gide
  • greed
  • head
  • jed
  • knead
  • led
  • Mead
  • med
  • meed
  • ped
  • plead
  • read
  • redd
  • reed
  • said
  • seed
  • shed
  • skied
  • Snead
  • speed
  • stead
  • Swede
  • Ted
  • teed
  • tread
  • tweed
  • wed
  • wied
  • bed
  • bled
  • bread
  • brede
  • cede
  • dead
  • deed
  • ed
  • feed
  • Fred
  • ged
  • gleed
  • he'd
  • heed
  • keyed
  • kneed
  • leed
  • mead
  • Mede
  • need
  • peed
  • pled
  • red
  • rede
  • Reid
  • screed
  • she'd
  • shred
  • sled
  • sped
  • spread
  • steed
  • swede
  • ted
  • thread
  • treed
  • we'd
  • weed
  • zed
2 syllables
  • abed
  • adread
  • ahead
  • concede
  • degreed
  • embed
  • imbed
  • indeed
  • lipide
  • mislead
  • misread
  • purebred
  • reread
  • retread
  • secede
  • succeed
  • unread
  • unwed
  • accede
  • agreed
  • behead
  • decreed
  • elide
  • exceed
  • impede
  • instead
  • misdeed
  • misled
  • peeing
  • recede
  • reseed
  • sayed
  • stampede
  • teedle
  • unsaid
  • widespread
3 syllables
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