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employee

How many syllables in employee?

  3 syllables

Divide employee into syllables:   em-ploy-ee
Primary syllable stress:   em-ploy-ee
Secondary syllable stress:   em-ploy-ee
How to say employee:

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Synonyms for employee


1 syllable
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    2 syllables
    • worker
      3 syllables
      • laborer
        4 syllables
        • member of staff
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          What rhymes with employee

          1 syllable
          • ABD
          • DDT
          • ESP
          • abd
          • esp
          • LED
          2 syllables
          • Baha'i
          • IUD
          • torii
          • Danaë
          • San Luis
          3 syllables
          4 syllables
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