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waste

How many syllables in waste?

  1 syllable

Divide waste into syllables:   waste
Syllable stress:   waste
How to pronounce waste:   weyst
How to say waste:

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Synonyms for waste


1 syllable
  • bare
  • filth
  • lose
  • spare
  • trash
  • dregs
  • lees
  • snuff
  • spend
  • use
2 syllables
  • barren
  • excess
  • fritter
  • litter
  • ravage
  • rubbish
  • squander
  • unused
  • wither
  • debris
  • fallow
  • garbage
  • misuse
  • refuse
  • snippets
  • surplus
  • weaken
3 syllables
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    • become emaciated
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      What rhymes with waste

      1 syllable
      • based
      • bastes
      • haste
      • paste
      • taste
      • waist
      • baste
      • chaste
      • laced
      • pastes
      • tastes
      • waists
      2 syllables
      • basted
      • pasted
      • taster
      • mayest
      • tasted
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