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whitewash

How many syllables in whitewash?

  2 syllables

Divide whitewash into syllables:   white-wash
Primary syllable stress:   white-wash
Secondary syllable stress:   white-wash
How to say whitewash:

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Synonyms for whitewash


1 syllable
  • loss
  • rout
2 syllables
  • beating
  • reverse
  • thrashing
  • hiding
  • setback
  • trouncing
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What rhymes with whitewash

2 syllables
  • awash
  • brioche
  • cohosh
  • Dias
  • eyewash
  • ganache
  • hogwash
  • Lammasch
  • mishmash
  • musquash
  • panache
  • Siwash
  • backwash
  • car wash
  • czardas
  • downwash
  • galosh
  • goulash
  • kibosh
  • midrash
  • mouthwash
  • outwash
  • rainwash
  • wish-wash
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