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sleep

How many syllables in sleep?

  1 syllable

Divide sleep into syllables:   sleep
Syllable stress:   sleep
How to pronounce sleep:   sleep
How to say sleep:

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Synonyms for sleep


1 syllable
  • doze
  • nap
  • snooze
  • drowse
  • roost
  • trance
2 syllables
  • catnap
  • slumber
  • repose
3 syllables
  • be asleep
  • restfulness
  • take a nap
  • forty winks
  • siesta
4 syllables
  • have forty winks
5 syllables
  • be dead to the world
  • have a siesta
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What rhymes with sleep

1 syllable
  • beep
  • bopped
  • cheep
  • deep
  • jeep
  • keep
  • leep
  • neep
  • reap
  • sheep
  • streep
  • tepe
  • veep
  • weep
  • bleep
  • cheap
  • creep
  • heap
  • Jeep
  • leap
  • neap
  • peep
  • seep
  • steep
  • sweep
  • threap
  • wee
2 syllables
  • asleep
  • leepit
  • bopeep
  • veepee
3 syllables
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