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purse

How many syllables in purse?

  1 syllable

Divide purse into syllables:   purse
Syllable stress:   purse
How to pronounce purse:   purs
How to say purse:

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Synonyms for purse


1 syllable
  • pouch
  • sac
  • prize
  • squeeze
2 syllables
  • handbag
  • reward
  • tighten
  • pucker
  • takings
  • winnings
3 syllables
    4 syllables
    • press together
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      What rhymes with purse

      1 syllable
      • birse
      • curse
      • firsts
      • merce
      • perce
      • perse
      • terse
      • worse
      • burse
      • Erse
      • hearse
      • nurse
      • Pers
      • terce
      • verse
      2 syllables
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
        5 syllables
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