explode

How many syllables in explode?

  2 syllables

Divide explode into syllables:   ex-plode
Stressed syllable in explode:   ex-plode
How to pronounce explode:   eks-splohd
How to say explode:

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Synonyms for explode


1 syllable
  • flash
  • pop
2 syllables
  • blowup
  • ignite
  • erupt
  • shatter
3 syllables
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What rhymes with explode

1 syllable
  • bode
  • code
  • flowed
  • goad
  • lode
  • mowed
  • ode
  • road
  • roed
  • sewed
  • slowed
  • sowed
  • strode
  • toed
  • bowed
  • crowed
  • glowed
  • load
  • mode
  • node
  • owed
  • rode
  • rowed
  • showed
  • snowed
  • stowed
  • toad
  • towed
2 syllables
  • abode
  • bar code
  • bestrode
  • busload
  • byroad
  • cartload
  • cathode
  • coed
  • corrode
  • decode
  • displode
  • dress code
  • embowed
  • epode
  • flowen
  • freeload
  • geode
  • implode
  • live load
  • no-load
  • outmode
  • planeload
  • post road
  • railroad
  • rhapsode
  • shipload
  • Silk Road
  • source code
  • square-toed
  • threnode
  • triode
  • unbowed
  • upload
3 syllables
  • bestower
  • decoded
  • overrode
4 syllables
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