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tear

How many syllables in tear?

  1 syllable

Divide tear into syllables:   tear
Syllable stress:   tear
How to say tear:

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Synonyms for tear


1 syllable
  • claw
  • pull
  • rush
  • split
  • hole
  • rip
  • slit
  • sprint
2 syllables
  • dewdrop
  • rampage
  • teardrop
  • hurtle
  • rupture
3 syllables
    4 syllables
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    What rhymes with tear

    1 syllable
    • aer
    • Ayr
    • bare
    • beer
    • bier
    • Blair
    • blear
    • cere
    • chare
    • cher
    • Claire
    • clear
    • Dare
    • dear
    • Deere
    • e'er
    • ere
    • eyre
    • fair
    • faired
    • fear
    • fere
    • flare
    • frere
    • gare
    • geer
    • glair
    • hair
    • hare
    • heir
    • Herr
    • Khmer
    • lare
    • leer
    • mair
    • mare
    • mer
    • mir
    • near
    • pair
    • pear
    • pier
    • queered
    • rear
    • scare
    • sear
    • serr
    • shear
    • skirr
    • snare
    • spare
    • speer
    • speir
    • square
    • stare
    • swear
    • teer
    • theirn
    • they're
    • Tyr
    • veer
    • wear
    • werre
    • wier
    • year
    • air
    • ayre
    • bear
    • bere
    • blair
    • blare
    • care
    • chair
    • cheer
    • clair
    • Clare
    • dare
    • darr
    • deer
    • drear
    • ear
    • err
    • Eyre
    • faire
    • fare
    • fer
    • flair
    • fleer
    • gair
    • gear
    • gere
    • glare
    • haire
    • hear
    • here
    • jeer
    • lair
    • lear
    • lehr
    • maire
    • mear
    • mere
    • ne'er
    • neer
    • pare
    • peer
    • queer
    • rare
    • sare
    • schmear
    • sere
    • share
    • sheer
    • smear
    • sneer
    • spear
    • Speer
    • sphere
    • stair
    • steer
    • tare
    • their
    • there
    • tier
    • vair
    • ware
    • weir
    • where
    • yare
    2 syllables
    • adhere
    • amir
    • Astaire
    • aware
    • beware
    • cashier
    • dareall
    • declare
    • dispair
    • ensnare
    • forswear
    • frontier
    • guerre
    • inhere
    • Lanier
    • Meir
    • moliere
    • prayer
    • rehear
    • repair
    • Samir
    • shearbill
    • Sinclair
    • teerer
    • unclear
    • veneer
    • Voltaire
    • Zaire
    • affair
    • appear
    • austere
    • bashir
    • career
    • compare
    • deare
    • despair
    • emir
    • ferre
    • foursquare
    • geerah
    • impair
    • Javier
    • mairie
    • midair
    • Pierre
    • prepare
    • reindeer
    • revere
    • shamir
    • sincere
    • smearcase
    • terre
    • unfair
    • vizier
    • wazir
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
    6 syllables
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