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polite

How many syllables in polite?

  2 syllables

Divide polite into syllables:   po-lite
Stressed syllable in polite:   po-lite
How to pronounce polite:   puh-lite
How to say polite:

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Synonyms for polite


1 syllable
  • good
  • suave
  • nice
2 syllables
  • courtly
  • gallant
  • gracious
  • proper
  • decent
  • genteel
  • noble
  • tactful
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with polite

1 syllable
  • bight
  • blight
  • brite
  • byte's
  • dwight
  • flight
  • height
  • kite
  • kyte
  • lite
  • mite
  • nite
  • quite
  • rite
  • site
  • slight
  • spight
  • sprite
  • tight
  • twite
  • wight
  • write
  • bite
  • bright
  • byte
  • cite
  • fight
  • fright
  • hight
  • knight
  • light
  • might
  • night
  • plight
  • right
  • sight
  • sleight
  • smite
  • spite
  • streit
  • trite
  • white
  • Wright
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
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