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desire

How many syllables in desire?

  2 syllables

Divide desire into syllables:   de-sire
Stressed syllable in desire:   de-sire
How to pronounce desire:   des-eye-r
How to say desire:

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Synonyms for desire


1 syllable
  • ask
  • choose
  • dream
  • hope
  • plea
  • want
  • wish
  • yen
  • beg
  • crave
  • drive
  • need
  • please
  • will
  • yearn
2 syllables
  • aching
  • aspire
  • craving
  • fancy
  • implore
  • longing
  • prefer
  • require
  • wish for
  • yearning
  • appeal
  • covet
  • entreat
  • hunger
  • long for
  • penchant
  • request
  • whimsy
  • yearn for
3 syllables
4 syllables
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    What rhymes with desire

    1 syllable
    • choir
    • fire
    • mire
    • sire
    • squier
    • tyer
    • dire
    • hire
    • pyre
    • spiered
    • tire
    • wire
    2 syllables
    • acquire
    • afire
    • attire
    • balefire
    • bemire
    • bonfire
    • brier
    • bushfire
    • campfire
    • cease-fire
    • conspire
    • cross fire
    • drier
    • dryer
    • dyers
    • enquire
    • entire
    • expire
    • flier
    • flyer
    • for hire
    • friar
    • friers
    • grandsire
    • gunfire
    • guyers
    • haywire
    • higher
    • inquire
    • liar
    • Meier
    • misfire
    • perspire
    • plier
    • prior
    • quagmire
    • respire
    • rewire
    • saltire
    • sapphire
    • sea fire
    • snow tire
    • spitfire
    • suspire
    • town crier
    • trier
    • umpire
    • watch fire
    • admire
    • aspire
    • backfire
    • barbwire
    • Blantyre
    • briar
    • brushfire
    • buyer
    • catch fire
    • ceasefire
    • crier
    • cryer
    • drumfire
    • dyer
    • empire
    • enquired
    • esquire
    • eyer
    • flier's
    • flyer's
    • fox fire
    • frier
    • fryer
    • Greek fire
    • guyer
    • hang fire
    • hellfire
    • hot-wire
    • inspire
    • live wire
    • Meyer
    • on fire
    • pismire
    • prier
    • pryer
    • require
    • retire
    • rimfire
    • samphire
    • satire
    • shier
    • spier
    • surefire
    • tightwire
    • transpire
    • trip wire
    • vampire
    • wildfire
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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