allow

How many syllables in allow?

  2 syllables

Divide allow into syllables:   al-low
Stressed syllable in allow:   al-low
How to pronounce allow:   uh-lou
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Synonyms for allow


1 syllable
  • bear
  • grant
  • leave
  • brook
  • have
  • let
2 syllables
  • accede
  • afford
  • approve
  • permit
  • sanction
  • accept
  • agree
  • license
  • profess
3 syllables
  • allocate
  • consent to
  • empower
  • entitle
  • tolerate
4 syllables
  • set a limit
    5 syllables
    • make available
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    What rhymes with allow

    1 syllable
    • bough
    • brough
    • chao
    • cow
    • dow
    • hao
    • how
    • howe
    • lao
    • mao
    • now
    • plough
    • Pow
    • sao
    • scow
    • sow
    • tau
    • thoued
    • wow
    • yow
    • bow
    • brow
    • chow
    • dao
    • Frau
    • hau
    • how'll
    • jiao
    • lough
    • mau
    • ow
    • plow
    • prow
    • saone
    • shough
    • Tao
    • thou
    • vow
    • Yao
    2 syllables
    • Aargau
    • ant cow
    • avow
    • Bilbao
    • Bissau
    • Breslau
    • cash cow
    • chowchow
    • Dachau
    • endow
    • erenow
    • gangplow
    • hausfrau
    • highbrow
    • howel
    • know-how
    • Kraków
    • Liao
    • luau
    • Macao
    • maoi
    • meow
    • nohow
    • powwow
    • snowplow
    • Spandau
    • and how
    • as how
    • Belau
    • bilbao
    • bowwow
    • cahow
    • chow chow
    • Cracow
    • Donau
    • enow
    • eyebrow
    • Hankow
    • haymow
    • hoosegow
    • Jungfrau
    • kowtow
    • landau
    • lowbrow
    • Lucknow
    • macau
    • mau-mau
    • Moscow
    • Palau
    • sea cow
    • somehow
    • Zwickau
    3 syllables
    • cacao
    • Davao
    • disavow
    • Callao
    • disallow
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