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light-year

How many syllables in light-year?

  2 syllables

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What rhymes with light-year

2 syllables
  • adhere
  • Ajmer
  • ambeer
  • appear
  • Asir
  • besmear
  • by ear
  • career
  • cashmere
  • chimere
  • cohere
  • destrier
  • emir
  • endear
  • eyrir
  • footgear
  • gambier
  • headgear
  • Izmir
  • kefir
  • Landseer
  • life peer
  • menhir
  • mishear
  • mouse-ear
  • near beer
  • off year
  • pickeer
  • premier
  • redear
  • reindeer
  • revers
  • root beer
  • severe
  • sincere
  • small beer
  • steer clear
  • tapir
  • uprear
  • veneer
  • vizier
  • wheatear
  • wind shear
  • worm gear
  • Yorkshire
  • Zaire
  • Aesir
  • all clear
  • ampere
  • arrear
  • Ayrshire
  • brassiere
  • Cape Fear
  • cashier
  • Cheshire
  • clavier
  • compeer
  • dog-ear
  • Empire
  • ensphere
  • Fafnir
  • frontier
  • Goodyear
  • inhere
  • Kashmir
  • killdeer
  • leap year
  • man-year
  • midyear
  • monsieur
  • nadir
  • New Year
  • out-year
  • portiere
  • premiere
  • rehear
  • revere
  • Robespierre
  • santir
  • Shakespeare
  • slick-ear
  • spruce beer
  • Tangier
  • tin ear
  • Vanir
  • Vermeer
  • voir dire
  • Wiltshire
  • wood ear
  • Ymir
  • zaire
3 syllables
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