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safe

How many syllables in safe?

  1 syllable

Divide safe into syllables:   safe
Syllable stress:   safe
How to pronounce safe:   seyf
How to say safe:

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Synonyms for safe


1 syllable
  • firm
  • locked
  • spared
  • good
  • sound
2 syllables
  • careful
  • cautious
  • harmless
  • secure
  • solid
  • surefire
  • unmarked
  • casket
  • coffer
  • prudent
  • secured
  • strongbox
  • unhurt
  • unscathed
3 syllables
  • anodyne
  • innocent
  • passable
  • safe and sound
  • trustworthy
  • uninjured
  • in safe hands
  • nontoxic
  • protected
  • tenable
  • undamaged
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with safe

    1 syllable
    • chafe
    • chafes
    • scaife
    • waif
    • chafed
    • kef
    • strafe
    2 syllables
    • unsafe
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