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goodbye

How many syllables in goodbye?

  2 syllables

Divide goodbye into syllables:   good-bye
How to pronounce goodbye:   good-bahy
How to say goodbye:

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Synonyms for goodbye


1 syllable
  • hi
    2 syllables
    • adieu
    • leaving
    • hello
    • parting
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    What rhymes with goodbye

    1 syllable
    • ay
    • bae
    • Bligh
    • by
    • cai
    • chi
    • cy
    • die
    • dye
    • fae
    • fly
    • Frye
    • guy
    • high
    • I
    • lai
    • lxi
    • lye
    • my
    • nigh
    • phi
    • pie
    • pry
    • pye
    • sai
    • shy
    • sky
    • spry
    • Sri
    • Sy
    • tai
    • thigh
    • tie
    • try
    • tye
    • vie
    • wry
    • Y
    • aye
    • bi
    • buy
    • bye
    • chai
    • cry
    • di
    • dry
    • eye
    • fi
    • fry
    • gae
    • hi
    • Hy
    • kwai
    • lie
    • ly
    • mei
    • ngai
    • NYE
    • pi
    • ply
    • pty
    • rye
    • sci
    • sigh
    • sly
    • spy
    • sty
    • tae
    • Thai
    • thy
    • tri
    • Ty
    • vi
    • why
    • Wye
    2 syllables
    • alai
    • awry
    • bely
    • comply
    • defy
    • denyer
    • Dubai
    • good-bye
    • hereby
    • imply
    • mistry
    • rely
    • retry
    • standby
    • thereby
    • Versailles
    • WY
    • apply
    • belie
    • bonsai
    • decry
    • deny
    • descry
    • dui
    • goodbye's
    • hi-fi
    • July
    • nearby
    • reply
    • Shanghai
    • supply
    • untie
    • whereby
    3 syllables
    • bonsela
    • misapply
    • PSI
    • resupply
    • underlie
    • underlye
    • fryable
    • overfly
    • replyer
    • semidry
    • underly
    4 syllables
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