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relief

How many syllables in relief?

  2 syllables

Divide relief into syllables:   re-lief
Stressed syllable in relief:   re-lief
How to pronounce relief:   ri-leef
How to say relief:

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Synonyms for relief


1 syllable
  • aid
  • help
  • balm
2 syllables
  • release
  • solace
  • respite
  • succor
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with relief

1 syllable
  • beef
  • chief
  • grief
  • leaf
  • naïf
  • reif
  • sheaf
  • brief
  • fief
  • kief
  • lief
  • reef
  • seif
  • thief
2 syllables
  • bay leaf
  • debrief
  • endleaf
  • fig leaf
  • flyleaf
  • keef
  • loose-leaf
  • motif
  • red leaf
  • sharif
  • Tallchief
  • belief
  • drop leaf
  • enfeoff
  • fire chief
  • gold leaf
  • kerchief
  • massif
  • O'Keeffe
  • rief
  • shinleaf
3 syllables
4 syllables
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