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bombshell

How many syllables in bombshell?

  2 syllables

Divide bombshell into syllables:   bomb-shell
Primary syllable stress:   bomb-shell
Secondary syllable stress:   bomb-shell
How to pronounce bombshell:   bom-shel
How to say bombshell:

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Synonyms for bombshell


1 syllable
  • blow
  • shock
  • jolt
2 syllables
  • shocker
  • upset
3 syllables
    4 syllables
    • bolt from the blue
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      What rhymes with bombshell

      2 syllables
      • band shell
      • Blackwell
      • bridewell
      • cartel
      • Chanel
      • compel
      • cornel
      • cowbell
      • diel
      • doorbell
      • dry well
      • duxelles
      • eggshell
      • expel
      • fat cell
      • fuel cell
      • germ cell
      • gromwell
      • half shell
      • hard sell
      • harebell
      • impel
      • inkwell
      • jurel
      • lampshell
      • Mandel
      • Maxwell
      • micelle
      • morel
      • nacelle
      • Nobel
      • nouvelle
      • oil well
      • Orwell
      • pall-mall
      • pastel
      • pixel
      • Ponselle
      • propel
      • rakehell
      • Ravel
      • refel
      • respell
      • riel
      • Roswell
      • scalpel
      • sequel
      • sleigh bell
      • soft-shell
      • speedwell
      • stairwell
      • stem cell
      • unsell
      • upwell
      • barbell
      • bluebell
      • cadelle
      • chandelle
      • clamshell
      • cormel
      • corral
      • cupel
      • dispel
      • dry cell
      • dumbbell
      • ear shell
      • excel
      • farewell
      • foretell
      • gazelle
      • Glaspell
      • groundswell
      • handbell
      • hard-shell
      • hotel
      • indwell
      • Jarrell
      • Kandel
      • lapel
      • marcel
      • maxwell
      • misspell
      • motel
      • nerve cell
      • noel
      • nutshell
      • Orel
      • outsell
      • Parnell
      • pell-mell
      • pointelle
      • presell
      • quenelle
      • rappel
      • rebel
      • repel
      • retell
      • rondel
      • saurel
      • seashell
      • Seychelles
      • soft sell
      • solgel
      • spinel
      • star shell
      • tooth shell
      • unwell
      • wind-bell
      3 syllables
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