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try

How many syllables in try?

  1 syllable

Divide try into syllables:   try
Syllable stress:   try
How to pronounce try:   trahy
How to say try:

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Synonyms for try


1 syllable
  • aim
  • bid
  • check
  • go
  • judge
  • shot
  • strive
  • test
  • bash
  • chance
  • crack
  • hear
  • seek
  • stab
  • taste
  • turn
2 syllables
  • appraise
  • attempt
  • effort
  • practice
  • struggle
  • assay
  • check out
  • flier
  • sample
3 syllables
  • endeavor
  • take to court
4 syllables
  • evaluate
  • make an effort
  • take a crack at
  • give it a go
  • put on trial
5 syllables
  • experiment with
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    What rhymes with try

    1 syllable
    • ay
    • bae
    • Bligh
    • by
    • cai
    • chi
    • cy
    • die
    • dye
    • fae
    • fie
    • fry
    • gae
    • hi
    • high
    • I
    • kwai
    • lie
    • ly
    • mei
    • ngai
    • NYE
    • pi
    • ply
    • pty
    • rye
    • sci
    • sigh
    • Skye
    • spry
    • Sri
    • Sy
    • tai
    • Thai
    • thy
    • Ty
    • vi
    • why
    • Wye
    • Y
    • aye
    • bi
    • buy
    • bye
    • chai
    • cry
    • di
    • dry
    • eye
    • fi
    • fly
    • Frye
    • guy
    • hie
    • Hy
    • i
    • lai
    • lxi
    • lye
    • my
    • nigh
    • phi
    • pie
    • pry
    • pye
    • sai
    • shy
    • sky
    • sly
    • spy
    • sty
    • tae
    • Tai
    • thigh
    • tie
    • tye
    • vie
    • wry
    • wye
    • y
    2 syllables
    • alai
    • awry
    • bely
    • comply
    • defy
    • denyer
    • Dubai
    • good-bye
    • goodbye's
    • hi-fi
    • July
    • nearby
    • reply
    • Shanghai
    • supply
    • untie
    • whereby
    • apply
    • belie
    • bonsai
    • decry
    • deny
    • descry
    • dui
    • goodbye
    • hereby
    • imply
    • mistry
    • rely
    • retry
    • standby
    • thereby
    • Versailles
    • WY
    3 syllables
    • bonsela
    • misapply
    • PSI
    • replyer
    • semidry
    • underly
    • fryable
    • overfly
    • psi
    • resupply
    • underlie
    • underlye
    4 syllables
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