litter

How many syllables in litter?

  2 syllables

Divide litter into syllables:   lit-ter
Stressed syllable in litter:   lit-ter
How to pronounce litter:   lit-er
How to say litter:

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Synonyms for litter


1 syllable
  • brood
  • strew
  • waste
  • junk
  • trash
  • young
2 syllables
  • clutter
  • refuse
  • pollute
  • rubbish
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What rhymes with litter

2 syllables
  • bitter
  • critter
  • flitter
  • gitter
  • gritter
  • hitter's
  • knitter
  • quittor
  • sitar
  • sitter's
  • slitter
  • titter
  • chitter
  • fitter
  • fritter
  • glitter
  • hitter
  • jitter
  • quitter
  • ritter
  • sitter
  • skitter
  • spitter
  • twitter
3 syllables
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