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construe

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  2 syllables

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Synonyms for construe


1 syllable
  • read
  • take
  • see
2 syllables
  • deduce
  • suspect
  • surmise
3 syllables
  • take to mean
4 syllables
  • understand by
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    What rhymes with construe

    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
    • babu
    • bamboo
    • battue
    • bedew
    • bestrew
    • boo-boo
    • brand-new
    • burgoo
    • can-do
    • canoe's
    • Carew
    • cebu
    • 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
    • askew
    • Baku
    • battu
    • bayou
    • beshrew
    • bijou
    • boubou
    • breakthrough
    • cachou
    • canoe
    • caoutchouc
    • Cebu
    • Chonju
    • 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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