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drift

How many syllables in drift?

  1 syllable

Divide drift into syllables:   drift
Syllable stress:   drift
How to pronounce drift:   drift
How to say drift:

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Synonyms for drift


1 syllable
  • float
  • glide
  • waft
  • flow
  • lapse
2 syllables
  • freewheel
  • mosey
  • hover
  • tenor
3 syllables
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What rhymes with drift

1 syllable
  • clift
  • grift
  • miffed
  • shift
  • sift
  • squiffed
  • swift
  • gift
  • lift
  • rift
  • shrift
  • sniffed
  • stiffed
  • thrift
2 syllables
  • adrift
  • giftbook
  • clifted
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