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abrade

How many syllables in abrade?

  2 syllables

Divide abrade into syllables:   a-brade
Stressed syllable in abrade:   a-brade
How to pronounce abrade:   uh-breyd
How to say abrade:

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Synonyms for abrade


1 syllable
  • chafe
  • grind
  • graze
  • scrape
2 syllables
  • coarsen
  • roughen
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What rhymes with abrade

1 syllable
  • Ade
  • aide
  • bayed
  • braid
  • cade
  • fade
  • flayed
  • gade
  • grade
  • hade
  • lade
  • made
  • paid
  • played
  • preyed
  • rayed
  • shade
  • slae
  • spaid
  • sprayed
  • staid
  • strayed
  • swayed
  • trade
  • waid
  • aid
  • bade
  • blade
  • brayed
  • dade
  • fayed
  • frayed
  • glade
  • grayed
  • jade
  • laid
  • maid
  • payed
  • prayed
  • raid
  • schade
  • slade
  • spade
  • spayed
  • stade
  • stayed
  • suede
  • they'd
  • wade
  • weighed
2 syllables
  • afraid
  • arcade
  • Band-Aid
  • betrayed
  • bondmaid
  • brigade
  • cascade
  • clichéd
  • cockade
  • corrade
  • crusade
  • decayed
  • delayed
  • displayed
  • downgrade
  • eyeshade
  • forbade
  • granade
  • handmade
  • homemade
  • inlaid
  • limeade
  • man-made
  • mermaid
  • mislaid
  • nightshade
  • obeyed
  • outweighed
  • persuade
  • pomade
  • postpaid
  • remade
  • replayed
  • sayed
  • self-made
  • stockade
  • sunshade
  • switchblade
  • torsade
  • unbraid
  • unmade
  • unswayed
  • upgrade
  • allayed
  • arrayed
  • barmaid
  • blockade
  • bridesmaid
  • brocade
  • charade
  • cliched
  • conveyed
  • crocheted
  • decade
  • degrade
  • dismayed
  • dissuade
  • evade
  • fair-trade
  • glissade
  • grenade
  • home-made
  • housemaid
  • invade
  • low-grade
  • manmade
  • milkmaid
  • navaid
  • nursemaid
  • okayed
  • parade
  • pervade
  • portrayed
  • prepaid
  • repaid
  • sauteed
  • scalade
  • spadebone
  • sueded
  • surveyed
  • tirade
  • twayblade
  • unlade
  • unpaid
  • upbraid
3 syllables
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