great

How many syllables in great?

  1 syllable

Divide great into syllables:   great
Syllable stress:   great
How to pronounce great:   greyt
How to say great:

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Synonyms for great


1 syllable
  • big
  • deep
  • grand
  • huge
  • Strong
  • vast
  • cool
  • good
  • high
  • large
  • swell
2 syllables
  • boundless
  • countless
  • downright
  • famous
  • groovy
  • intense
  • major
  • noble
  • profound
  • skillful
  • splendid
  • utter
  • complete
  • dandy
  • extreme
  • feted
  • immense
  • lofty
  • massive
  • perfect
  • pronounced
  • something
  • stately
  • weighty
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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What rhymes with great

1 syllable
  • ait
  • bait
  • blate
  • chait
  • date
  • est
  • fate
  • frate
  • gait
  • grate
  • hait
  • Kate
  • mate
  • pate
  • plate
  • quoit
  • sate
  • slate
  • speight
  • straight
  • strate
  • tait
  • teth
  • wait
  • weight
  • ate
  • bate
  • cate
  • crate
  • eight
  • fait
  • fete
  • freight
  • gate
  • haet
  • hate
  • late
  • mate's
  • plait
  • prate
  • rate
  • skate
  • spate
  • state
  • strait
  • streight
  • Tate
  • trait
  • weigh
2 syllables
  • abate
  • belate
  • collate
  • create
  • deflate
  • dilate
  • equate
  • inflate
  • irate
  • lightweight
  • negate
  • ornate
  • predate
  • reflate
  • restate
  • translate
  • upstate
  • await
  • berate
  • conflate
  • debate
  • dictate
  • elate
  • estate
  • innate
  • Kuwait
  • misstate
  • oblate
  • postdate
  • prorate
  • relate
  • sedate
  • update
3 syllables
4 syllables
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