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apply

How many syllables in apply?

  2 syllables

Divide apply into syllables:   ap-ply
Stressed syllable in apply:   ap-ply
How to pronounce apply:   uh-plahy
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Synonyms for apply


1 syllable
  • ask
  • daub
  • ply
  • spread
  • dab
  • join
  • smear
  • use
2 syllables
  • affect
  • devote
  • employ
  • expend
  • go in
  • pertain
  • put in
  • relate
  • rub on
  • concern
  • direct
  • exert
  • fix to
  • harness
  • practice
  • put on
  • request
3 syllables
  • attach to
  • befitting
  • implement
  • operate
  • stick on to
  • be valid
  • exercise
  • make a claim
  • spread over
  • utilize
4 syllables
  • be relevant
    5 syllables
    • be appropriate
      7 syllables
      • put into operation
      • submit an application
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      What rhymes with apply

      1 syllable
      • ay
      • bae
      • Bligh
      • by
      • cry
      • di
      • dry
      • eye
      • fi
      • fry
      • gae
      • hi
      • Hy
      • ly
      • mei
      • NYE
      • pi
      • ply
      • pty
      • rye
      • sky
      • spry
      • Sri
      • Sy
      • thigh
      • tie
      • tye
      • why
      • Wye
      • aye
      • bi
      • buy
      • bye
      • cy
      • die
      • dye
      • fae
      • fly
      • Frye
      • guy
      • high
      • I
      • lye
      • nigh
      • phi
      • pie
      • pry
      • pye
      • sigh
      • sly
      • spy
      • sty
      • tae
      • thy
      • try
      • vie
      • wry
      2 syllables
      • aby
      • air-dry
      • ally
      • anti
      • aye-aye
      • Baha'i
      • barfly
      • Belgae
      • bely
      • bigeye
      • blackfly
      • blowby
      • blue-sky
      • bone-dry
      • botfly
      • buckeye
      • bye-bye
      • cat's-eye
      • Chennai
      • cockeye
      • come by
      • cow pie
      • cross-eye
      • decry
      • deep-sky
      • defy
      • deny
      • do by
      • drip-dry
      • dry fly
      • Eli
      • face fly
      • flesh fly
      • flyby
      • freeze-dry
      • fruit fly
      • gallfly
      • gi
      • go by
      • goodbye
      • grisaille
      • Haggai
      • heel fly
      • hi-fi
      • horn fly
      • housefly
      • July
      • Kasai
      • lay by
      • Lehigh
      • Levi
      • magpie
      • Masai
      • medfly
      • Moirai
      • Mumbai
      • necktie
      • nisi
      • outcry
      • pad thai
      • panfry
      • pigsty
      • Po Hai
      • potpie
      • Qinghai
      • rabbi
      • reply
      • ride high
      • rough-dry
      • Sakai
      • sci-fi
      • Sendai
      • Shanghai
      • sheep's eye
      • Sinai
      • small-fry
      • standby
      • string tie
      • swear by
      • test-fly
      • tie-dye
      • tongue-tie
      • twist tie
      • untie
      • Versailles
      • well-nigh
      • whitefly
      • wise guy
      • agley
      • Alai
      • Altai
      • awry
      • Bacchae
      • banzai
      • bee fly
      • belie
      • big lie
      • black tie
      • blow-dry
      • blowfly
      • Bo Hai
      • bonsai
      • Brunei
      • bugeye
      • canaille
      • catchfly
      • chess pie
      • cockshy
      • comply
      • crane fly
      • deadeye
      • deep-fry
      • deerfly
      • Delphi
      • descry
      • dong quai
      • drop by
      • elhi
      • espy
      • firefly
      • fly high
      • forby
      • frogeye
      • gadfly
      • get by
      • GI
      • good-bye
      • greenfly
      • gun-shy
      • Hawkeye
      • hereby
      • hog-tie
      • horsefly
      • imply
      • Karzai
      • knee-high
      • lay-by
      • let fly
      • lie by
      • mai tai
      • mayfly
      • mistry
      • mooneye
      • nearby
      • nilgai
      • outbye
      • oxeye
      • Panay
      • Parcae
      • pinkeye
      • pop fly
      • put by
      • quasi
      • rely
      • retry
      • rocaille
      • run dry
      • sand fly
      • semi
      • set by
      • shanghai
      • shoofly
      • sky-high
      • stand by
      • stir-fry
      • supply
      • terai
      • thereby
      • titi
      • Transkei
      • two-ply
      • vat dye
      • walleye
      • whereby
      • wild rye
      • WY
      3 syllables
      • assai
      • Chiang Mai
      • fish-eye
      • jai alai
      • Lanai
      • mind's eye
      • overfly
      • pop eye
      • red-eye
      • rib eye
      • semidry
      • shut-eye
      • underly
      • black eye
      • dry eye
      • glass eye
      • lanai
      • mao-tai
      • my eye
      • piece-dye
      • PSI
      • resupply
      • screw eye
      • serai
      • underlie
      4 syllables
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