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expire

How many syllables in expire?

  2 syllables

Divide expire into syllables:   ex-pire
Stressed syllable in expire:   ex-pire
How to pronounce expire:   ik-spire
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Synonyms for expire


1 syllable
  • die
  • go
2 syllables
  • perish
    3 syllables
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      What rhymes with expire

      1 syllable
      • dire
      • fire
      • hire
      • lyre
      • quire
      • spire
      • swire
      • wire
      • eir
      • gire
      • ire
      • mire
      • shire
      • squire
      • tyre
      2 syllables
      • afire
      • attire
      • bemire
      • cross fire
      • entire
      • fox fire
      • hang fire
      • inquire
      • live wire
      • perspire
      • rehire
      • retire
      • sapphire
      • skier
      • town crier
      • umpire
      3 syllables
      • denier
      • reacquire
      4 syllables
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