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shield

How many syllables in shield?

  1 syllable

Divide shield into syllables:   shield
Syllable stress:   shield
How to pronounce shield:   sheeld
How to say shield:

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Synonyms for shield


1 syllable
  • guard
  • screen
  • shell
  • keep
  • she'll
2 syllables
  • armor
  • buffer
  • cushion
  • defense
  • safeguard
  • shelter
  • breastplate
  • cover
  • defend
  • protect
  • sheathing
3 syllables
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What rhymes with shield

1 syllable
  • field
  • healed
  • keeled
  • pealed
  • reeled
  • weald
  • wield
  • heald
  • heeled
  • neeld
  • peeled
  • sealed
  • wheeled
  • yield
2 syllables
  • afield
  • concealed
  • healder
  • resealed
  • unsealed
3 syllables
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