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death

How many syllables in death?

  1 syllable

Divide death into syllables:   death
Syllable stress:   death
How to pronounce death:   deth
How to say death:

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Synonyms for death


1 syllable
  • end
  • loss
  • fall
2 syllables
  • collapse
  • demise
  • killing
  • passing
  • transience
  • decease
  • downfall
  • murder
  • ruin
3 syllables
  • loss of life
4 syllables
  • fatality
  • passing away
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What rhymes with death

1 syllable
  • beth
  • breath
  • heth
  • neth
  • Seth
  • snath
  • spet
  • breadth
  • breth
  • meth
  • saith
  • sheth
  • sneath
2 syllables
  • Macbeth
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