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pursue

How many syllables in pursue?

  358691724 syllables

Divide pursue into syllables:   pur-sue
Stressed syllable in pursue:   pur-sue
How to pronounce pursue:   per-soo
How to say pursue:

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Synonyms for pursue


1 syllable
  • chase
  • hunt
  • press
  • track
  • hound
  • ply
  • stalk
  • woo
2 syllables
  • follow
  • target
  • harass
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What rhymes with pursue

1 syllable
  • bleu
  • blue
  • brew
  • chou
  • clue's
  • coup
  • CQ
  • crewe
  • dew
  • doo
  • du
  • ewe
  • flew
  • flue
  • fu
  • glue
  • goo
  • gu
  • hew
  • hoo
  • hue's
  • Jew
  • ku
  • Lew
  • loo
  • lue
  • moo
  • new
  • ooh
  • phew
  • plew
  • prau
  • pugh
  • qu
  • queue
  • rew
  • Ru
  • rued
  • screw
  • shoe
  • shrew
  • Sioux
  • slew
  • stew
  • su
  • tew
  • threw
  • thru
  • too
  • true
  • tue
  • U
  • whew
  • woo
  • yew
  • yu
  • zoo
  • blew
  • boo
  • chew
  • clue
  • coo
  • coups
  • crew
  • cue
  • do
  • drew
  • due
  • few
  • flu
  • foo
  • glew
  • gnu
  • grew
  • gue
  • hewe
  • hue
  • hugh
  • knew
  • kyu
  • lieu
  • Lu
  • mew
  • mu
  • nu
  • pew
  • phu
  • pooh
  • Pu
  • Q
  • que
  • queue's
  • roux
  • rue
  • schuh
  • shew
  • shoo
  • shrew's
  • skew
  • spew
  • strew
  • sue
  • thew
  • through
  • to
  • trew
  • tu
  • two
  • view
  • who
  • Wu
  • you
  • Zhou
2 syllables
  • accrue
  • adieu
  • Agnew
  • aircrew
  • anew
  • babu
  • bamboo
  • battue
  • bedew
  • bestrew
  • boo-boo
  • brand-new
  • burgoo
  • can-do
  • canoe's
  • Carew
  • Cebu
  • construe
  • corkscrew
  • crewcut
  • curfew
  • Depew
  • dewal
  • drewite
  • endue
  • eschew
  • Fitzhugh
  • fondue
  • fordo
  • Gentoo
  • goo-goo
  • ground crew
  • guru
  • hereto
  • home brew
  • horseshoe
  • HQ
  • igloo
  • imbue
  • IQ
  • jackscrew
  • Kansu
  • Karoo
  • Khufu
  • Kwangju
  • lean-to
  • make-do
  • me-too
  • mildew
  • miscue
  • muumuu
  • old-shoe
  • outdo
  • perdu
  • Peru
  • pooh-bah
  • purview
  • redo
  • Renfrew
  • revue
  • run-through
  • Sardou
  • set-to
  • shampoo
  • skiddoo
  • snowshoe
  • span-new
  • surtout
  • Taegu
  • tatu
  • thereto
  • thumbscrew
  • too-too
  • undo
  • unglue
  • untrue
  • vatu
  • venue
  • virtu
  • wahoo
  • wherethrough
  • who's who
  • worldview
  • yue
  • achoo
  • ado
  • ague
  • airscrew
  • askew
  • Baku
  • battu
  • bayou
  • beshrew
  • bijou
  • boubou
  • breakthrough
  • cachou
  • canoe
  • caoutchouc
  • cebu
  • Chonju
  • Corfu
  • coypu
  • cuckoo
  • debut
  • deux
  • doo-doo
  • ecu
  • ensue
  • fewel
  • floor-through
  • foobar
  • Gansu
  • Gifu
  • GQ
  • gumshoe
  • hairdo
  • Hindu
  • Honshu
  • how-to
  • Hutu
  • imbrue
  • into
  • iq
  • K2
  • karoo
  • kazoo
  • kung fu
  • leadscrew
  • leu
  • Matthew
  • meward
  • milieu
  • misdo
  • non-U
  • one-two
  • outgrew
  • perdue
  • poilu
  • preview
  • ragout
  • renew
  • review
  • rough-hew
  • sandshoe
  • see-through
  • setscrew
  • sinew
  • snafu
  • soft-shoe
  • subdue
  • taboo
  • tattoo
  • thank-you
  • thribble
  • to-do
  • tree shrew
  • undue
  • unscrew
  • Urdu
  • vendue
  • vertu
  • voodoo
  • walk-through
  • whereto
  • withdrew
  • yahoo
3 syllables
  • debutant
  • hewable
  • IOU
  • Katmandu
  • long view
  • on view
  • overdue
  • stewable
  • Timbuktu
  • yoo-hoo
4 syllables
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