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askew

How many syllables in askew?

  2 syllables

Divide askew into syllables:   a-skew
Stressed syllable in askew:   a-skew
How to pronounce askew:   uh-skyoo
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Synonyms for askew


1 syllable
  • squint
    2 syllables
    • awry
    • crooked
    3 syllables
    • off center
    • out of line
    4 syllables
    • out of kilter
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      What rhymes with askew

      1 syllable
      • bleu
      • blue
      • brew
      • chou
      • clue's
      • coup
      • CQ
      • crewe
      • dew
      • doo
      • du
      • ewe
      • flew
      • flue
      • fu
      • glue
      • goo
      • gu
      • hew
      • hoo
      • hue's
      • Jew
      • ku
      • Lew
      • loo
      • lue
      • moo
      • new
      • ooh
      • phew
      • plew
      • prau
      • pugh
      • qu
      • queue
      • rew
      • Ru
      • rued
      • screw
      • shoe
      • shrew
      • Sioux
      • slew
      • stew
      • su
      • tew
      • threw
      • thru
      • too
      • true
      • tue
      • U
      • whew
      • woo
      • yew
      • yu
      • zoo
      • blew
      • boo
      • chew
      • clue
      • coo
      • coups
      • crew
      • cue
      • do
      • drew
      • due
      • few
      • flu
      • foo
      • glew
      • gnu
      • grew
      • gue
      • hewe
      • hue
      • hugh
      • knew
      • kyu
      • lieu
      • Lu
      • mew
      • mu
      • nu
      • pew
      • phu
      • pooh
      • Pu
      • Q
      • que
      • queue's
      • roux
      • rue
      • schuh
      • shew
      • shoo
      • shrew's
      • skew
      • spew
      • strew
      • sue
      • thew
      • through
      • to
      • trew
      • tu
      • two
      • view
      • who
      • Wu
      • you
      • Zhou
      2 syllables
      • accrue
      • adieu
      • Agnew
      • aircrew
      • anew
      • Baku
      • battu
      • bayou
      • beshrew
      • bijou
      • boubou
      • breakthrough
      • cachou
      • canoe
      • caoutchouc
      • Cebu
      • Chonju
      • Corfu
      • coypu
      • cuckoo
      • debut
      • deux
      • doo-doo
      • ecu
      • ensue
      • fewel
      • floor-through
      • foobar
      • Gansu
      • Gifu
      • GQ
      • gumshoe
      • hairdo
      • Hindu
      • Honshu
      • how-to
      • Hutu
      • imbrue
      • into
      • IQ
      • K2
      • karoo
      • kazoo
      • kung fu
      • leadscrew
      • leu
      • Matthew
      • meward
      • milieu
      • misdo
      • non-U
      • one-two
      • outgrew
      • perdue
      • poilu
      • preview
      • purview
      • redo
      • Renfrew
      • revue
      • run-through
      • Sardou
      • set-to
      • shampoo
      • skiddoo
      • snowshoe
      • span-new
      • surtout
      • Taegu
      • tatu
      • thereto
      • thumbscrew
      • too-too
      • undo
      • unglue
      • untrue
      • vatu
      • venue
      • virtu
      • wahoo
      • wherethrough
      • who's who
      • worldview
      • yue
      • achoo
      • ado
      • ague
      • airscrew
      • babu
      • bamboo
      • battue
      • bedew
      • bestrew
      • boo-boo
      • brand-new
      • burgoo
      • can-do
      • canoe's
      • Carew
      • cebu
      • construe
      • corkscrew
      • crewcut
      • curfew
      • Depew
      • dewal
      • drewite
      • endue
      • eschew
      • Fitzhugh
      • fondue
      • fordo
      • Gentoo
      • goo-goo
      • ground crew
      • guru
      • hereto
      • home brew
      • horseshoe
      • HQ
      • igloo
      • imbue
      • iq
      • jackscrew
      • Kansu
      • Karoo
      • Khufu
      • Kwangju
      • lean-to
      • make-do
      • me-too
      • mildew
      • miscue
      • muumuu
      • old-shoe
      • outdo
      • perdu
      • Peru
      • pooh-bah
      • pursue
      • ragout
      • renew
      • review
      • rough-hew
      • sandshoe
      • see-through
      • setscrew
      • sinew
      • snafu
      • soft-shoe
      • subdue
      • taboo
      • tattoo
      • thank-you
      • thribble
      • to-do
      • tree shrew
      • undue
      • unscrew
      • Urdu
      • vendue
      • vertu
      • voodoo
      • walk-through
      • whereto
      • withdrew
      • yahoo
      3 syllables
      • debutant
      • hewable
      • IOU
      • Katmandu
      • long view
      • on view
      • overdue
      • stewable
      • Timbuktu
      • yoo-hoo
      4 syllables
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