protect

How many syllables in protect?

  631549872 syllables

Divide protect into syllables:   pro-tect
Stressed syllable in protect:   pro-tect
How to pronounce protect:   pruh-tekt
How to say protect:

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Synonyms for protect


1 syllable
  • guard
  • keep
  • shield
  • hedge
  • screen
2 syllables
  • buffer
  • cocoon
  • cover
  • defend
  • enshrine
  • mother
  • preserve
  • shelter
  • care for
  • conserve
  • cushion
  • embalm
  • harbor
  • pillow
  • safeguard
3 syllables
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What rhymes with protect

1 syllable
  • Brecht
  • decked
  • necked
  • pecked
  • specht
  • wecht
  • checked
  • Hecht
  • pecht
  • sect
  • trekked
  • wechts
2 syllables
  • abject
  • affect
  • bedecked
  • cathect
  • confect
  • convect
  • cowl-necked
  • deflect
  • detect
  • dissect
  • effect
  • elect
  • ewe-necked
  • goosenecked
  • inflect
  • insect
  • neglect
  • pandect
  • porrect
  • prelect
  • prospect
  • refect
  • reject
  • respect
  • roll-necked
  • stiff-necked
  • suspect
  • transect
  • unchecked
  • V-necked
  • advect
  • aspect
  • bisect
  • collect
  • connect
  • correct
  • defect
  • deject
  • direct
  • Dordrecht
  • eject
  • erect
  • expect
  • infect
  • inject
  • inspect
  • object
  • perfect
  • prefect
  • project
  • rechecked
  • reflect
  • resect
  • ring-necked
  • select
  • subject
  • traject
  • trisect
  • Utrecht
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
6 syllables
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