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overlay

How many syllables in overlay?

  3 syllables

Divide overlay into syllables:   o-ver-lay
Primary syllable stress:   o-ver-lay
Secondary syllable stress:   o-ver-lay
How to say overlay:

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Synonyms for overlay


1 syllable
  • pave
    2 syllables
    • cover
      3 syllables
      • layover
      • place on top
      • overlie
      4 syllables
        6 syllables
        • spread over the surface
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          What rhymes with overlay

          2 syllables
          • arrive
          • IRA
          • Petare
          • semplice
          • velouté
          • bustier
          • Ise Bay
          • San Jose
          • Udine
          3 syllables
          4 syllables
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