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receives

How many syllables in receives?

  2 syllables

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What rhymes with receives

1 syllable
  • cleaves
  • eves
  • grieves
  • leaves
  • peeves
  • sleeves
  • thieve
  • weave
  • eaves
  • greaves
  • heaves
  • neves
  • sheaves
  • steeves
  • thieves
2 syllables
  • believes
  • reaves
  • relieves
3 syllables
4 syllables
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