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stand by

How many syllables in stand by?

  2 syllables

Divide stand by into syllables:   stand by
Primary syllable stress:   stand by
Secondary syllable stress:   stand by
How to say stand by:

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What rhymes with stand by

2 syllables
  • aby
  • ally
  • apply
  • banzai
  • belie
  • blackfly
  • blowby
  • bone-dry
  • botfly
  • buckeye
  • catchfly
  • cockeye
  • comply
  • decry
  • deerfly
  • Delphi
  • descry
  • Eli
  • firefly
  • forby
  • gadfly
  • gi
  • greenfly
  • Hawkeye
  • hi-fi
  • horsefly
  • imply
  • Kasai
  • Levi
  • Masai
  • medfly
  • mooneye
  • necktie
  • nisi
  • outcry
  • panfry
  • pinkeye
  • rabbi
  • reply
  • Sakai
  • sci-fi
  • shanghai
  • Sinai
  • standby
  • supply
  • thereby
  • titi
  • two-ply
  • Versailles
  • well-nigh
  • whitefly
  • Alai
  • anti
  • awry
  • barfly
  • bigeye
  • blow-dry
  • blowfly
  • bonsai
  • Brunei
  • bugeye
  • Chennai
  • cockshy
  • deadeye
  • deep-fry
  • defy
  • deny
  • elhi
  • espy
  • flyby
  • frogeye
  • gallfly
  • good-bye
  • Haggai
  • hereby
  • hog-tie
  • housefly
  • July
  • lay by
  • magpie
  • mayfly
  • Moirai
  • nearby
  • nilgai
  • outbye
  • oxeye
  • pigsty
  • potpie
  • rely
  • rough-dry
  • sand fly
  • semi
  • shoofly
  • sky-high
  • stir-fry
  • terai
  • tie-dye
  • tongue-tie
  • untie
  • walleye
  • whereby
  • wise guy
3 syllables
  • assai
  • fish-eye
  • lanai
  • shut-eye
  • black eye
  • jai alai
  • serai
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