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retreat

How many syllables in retreat?

  2 syllables

Divide retreat into syllables:   re-treat
Stressed syllable in retreat:   re-treat
How to pronounce retreat:   ri-treet
How to say retreat:

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Synonyms for retreat


1 syllable
  • flee
  • hole
  • leave
  • flight
  • lair
2 syllables
  • decamp
  • fastness
  • hangout
  • move back
  • recess
  • refuge
  • withdraw
  • draw back
  • give ground
  • haven
  • recede
  • recoil
  • regress
3 syllables
4 syllables
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    What rhymes with retreat

    1 syllable
    • beat
    • bleat
    • cleat
    • eat
    • feet
    • freet
    • grete
    • leet
    • meet
    • neat
    • peat
    • pleat
    • sheet
    • skeet
    • st
    • suite
    • teat
    • treat
    • wheat
    • beet
    • cheat
    • Crete
    • feat
    • fleet
    • greet
    • heat
    • meat
    • mete
    • neet
    • pete
    • seat
    • Skeat
    • sleet
    • street
    • sweet
    • teet
    • tweet
    2 syllables
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
      5 syllables
        6 syllables
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