rough

How many syllables in rough?

  1 syllable

Divide rough into syllables:   rough
Syllable stress:   rough
How to pronounce rough:   ruhf
How to say rough:

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Synonyms for rough


1 syllable
  • brusque
  • hard
  • hoarse
  • tough
  • wild
  • coarse
  • harsh
  • notched
  • vague
2 syllables
  • ballpark
  • bristly
  • brutish
  • callused
  • craggy
  • forceful
  • grainy
  • husky
  • jerky
  • oafish
  • potholed
  • rasping
  • raucous
  • rugged
  • scratchy
  • severe
  • stony
  • vulgar
  • boorish
  • brutal
  • bumpy
  • choppy
  • earthy
  • freedom
  • gritty
  • jagged
  • loutish
  • pitted
  • ragged
  • raspy
  • raunchy
  • scaly
  • seamy
  • sketchy
  • trying
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • estimated
  • rough and ready
  • tempestuous
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What rhymes with rough

1 syllable
  • bluff
  • chough
  • cluff
  • cuff's
  • fluff
  • guff
  • huff
  • muff
  • puff
  • scruff
  • shuff
  • snuff
  • stuff
  • tuff
  • buff
  • chuff
  • cuff
  • duff
  • gruff
  • hough
  • luff
  • pluff
  • ruff
  • scuff
  • slough
  • sough
  • tough
2 syllables
  • cluing
  • rebuff
  • enough
3 syllables
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