discern

How many syllables in discern?

  2 syllables

Divide discern into syllables:   dis-cern
Stressed syllable in discern:   dis-cern
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Synonyms for discern


1 syllable
  • glimpse
  • see
  • spot
  • twig
  • know
  • sense
  • tell
2 syllables
  • detect
  • fathom
  • notice
  • perceive
  • espy
  • make out
  • observe
3 syllables
  • catch sight of
  • discover
  • intuit
  • recognize
  • understand
4 syllables
  • be aware of
5 syllables
  • tell the difference
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What rhymes with discern

1 syllable
  • Bern
  • burn
  • cern
  • dern
  • earn
  • fern
  • Herne
  • kern
  • learn
  • stern
  • turn
  • Verne
  • Berne
  • byrne
  • churn
  • durn
  • erne
  • hern
  • kearn
  • kirn
  • spurn
  • Sterne
  • urn
  • yearn
2 syllables
  • adjourn
  • attorn
  • concern
  • epergne
  • extern
  • Hepburn
  • intern
  • kick turn
  • Lucerne
  • nocturne
  • return
  • sauternes
  • sojourn
  • stem turn
  • sunburn
  • unlearn
  • windburn
  • astern
  • casern
  • downturn
  • eterne
  • heartburn
  • in turn
  • inurn
  • lucerne
  • nocturn
  • outturn
  • Sauterne
  • secern
  • star turn
  • step turn
  • U-turn
  • upturn
3 syllables
4 syllables
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