retort

How many syllables in retort?

  2 syllables

Divide retort into syllables:   re-tort
Stressed syllable in retort:   re-tort
How to pronounce retort:   ri-tawrt
How to say retort:

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Synonyms for retort


1 syllable
  • quip
  • snap
2 syllables
  • answer
  • react
  • reply
  • response
  • wisecrack
  • comeback
  • rejoin
  • respond
  • riposte
3 syllables
  • come back with
  • rejoinder
4 syllables
  • angry reply
    5 syllables
    • reply angrily
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    What rhymes with retort

    2 syllables
    • abort
    • amort
    • assort
    • backcourt
    • birthwort
    • blood sport
    • carport
    • cohort
    • comport
    • contort
    • deport
    • distort
    • effort
    • exhort
    • extort
    • figwort
    • forecourt
    • frontcourt
    • Gosport
    • half-court
    • in short
    • lousewort
    • madwort
    • mugwort
    • outport
    • presort
    • ragwort
    • report
    • sandwort
    • sell short
    • spearwort
    • Stockport
    • toothwort
    3 syllables
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