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thumbs

How many syllables in thumbs?

  1 syllable

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

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What rhymes with thumbs

1 syllable
  • bums
  • comes
  • drums
  • hums
  • numbs
  • plumbs
  • rums
  • strums
  • tums
  • chums
  • crumbs
  • gums
  • mums
  • plum's
  • plums
  • slums
  • sums
2 syllables
  • becomes
  • mumsy
  • crumbum
  • succumbs
3 syllables
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