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delete

How many syllables in delete?

  2 syllables

Divide delete into syllables:   de-lete
Stressed syllable in delete:   de-lete
How to say delete:

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Synonyms for delete


1 syllable
  • scrap
  • scrub
2 syllables
  • cancel
  • cutoff
  • excise
  • remove
  • score through
  • strikeout
  • cross out
  • erase
  • expunge
  • rub out
  • scrub out
4 syllables
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    What rhymes with delete

    1 syllable
    • beat
    • bleat
    • cleat
    • eat
    • feet
    • freet
    • grete
    • leet
    • meet
    • neat
    • peat
    • pleat
    • sheet
    • skeet
    • st
    • suite
    • teat
    • treat
    • wheat
    • beet
    • cheat
    • Crete
    • feat
    • fleet
    • greet
    • heat
    • meat
    • mete
    • neet
    • pete
    • seat
    • Skeat
    • sleet
    • street
    • sweet
    • teet
    • tweet
    2 syllables
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
      5 syllables
        6 syllables
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