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guru

How many syllables in guru?

  2 syllables

Divide guru into syllables:   gu-ru
Stressed syllable in guru:   gu-ru
How to say guru:

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Synonyms for guru


1 syllable
  • sage
    2 syllables
    • expert
    • Mentor
    • leader
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
    • religious teacher
    • spiritual guide
    6 syllables
    • spiritual leader
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      What rhymes with guru

      1 syllable
      • CQ
      • you
      • prau
      2 syllables
      • accrue
      • adieu
      • Agnew
      • airscrew
      • askew
      • Baku
      • battu
      • bayou
      • beshrew
      • bijou
      • boubou
      • breakthrough
      • cachou
      • canoe
      • Carew
      • Chonju
      • Corfu
      • coypu
      • curfew
      • Depew
      • ecu
      • ensue
      • floor-through
      • fordo
      • Gentoo
      • goo-goo
      • ground crew
      • guru's
      • hereto
      • home brew
      • horseshoe
      • HQ
      • igloo
      • imbue
      • iq
      • K2
      • Karoo
      • kazoo
      • kung fu
      • leadscrew
      • make-do
      • me-too
      • milieu
      • misdo
      • non-U
      • one-two
      • perdu
      • poilu
      • pursue
      • ragout
      • renew
      • review
      • rough-hew
      • sandshoe
      • see-through
      • setscrew
      • sinew
      • snafu
      • soft-shoe
      • subdue
      • taboo
      • tattoo
      • thereto
      • to-do
      • tree shrew
      • undue
      • unscrew
      • vatu
      • venue
      • virtu
      • wahoo
      • wherethrough
      • who's who
      • yahoo
      • achoo
      • ado
      • aircrew
      • anew
      • babu
      • bamboo
      • battue
      • bedew
      • bestrew
      • boo-boo
      • brand-new
      • burgoo
      • can-do
      • caoutchouc
      • Cebu
      • construe
      • corkscrew
      • cuckoo
      • debut
      • doo-doo
      • endue
      • eschew
      • fondue
      • Gansu
      • Gifu
      • GQ
      • gumshoe
      • hairdo
      • Hindu
      • Honshu
      • how-to
      • Hutu
      • imbrue
      • IQ
      • jackscrew
      • Kansu
      • karoo
      • Khufu
      • Kwangju
      • lean-to
      • Matthew
      • mildew
      • miscue
      • muumuu
      • old-shoe
      • outdo
      • Peru
      • preview
      • purview
      • redo
      • Renfrew
      • revue
      • run-through
      • Sardou
      • set-to
      • shampoo
      • skiddoo
      • snowshoe
      • span-new
      • surtout
      • Taegu
      • thank-you
      • thumbscrew
      • too-too
      • undo
      • unglue
      • untrue
      • vendue
      • vertu
      • voodoo
      • walk-through
      • whereto
      • worldview
      3 syllables
      • on view
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