austere

How many syllables in austere?

  2 syllables

Divide austere into syllables:   aus-tere
Stressed syllable in austere:   aus-tere
How to pronounce austere:   aw-steer
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Synonyms for austere


1 syllable
  • bad
  • grave
  • plain
  • stern
  • bleak
  • harsh
  • stark
  • strict
2 syllables
  • barren
  • severe
  • sober
  • Spartan
  • basic
  • simple
  • somber
  • starchy
3 syllables
  • ascetic
  • monastic
  • serious
4 syllables
    5 syllables
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      What rhymes with austere

      1 syllable
      • beer
      • blear
      • clear
      • deer
      • ear
      • fleer
      • gear
      • gere
      • here
      • kier
      • leer
      • mere
      • near
      • peer
      • queer
      • rear
      • sere
      • sheer
      • sneer
      • Speer
      • sphere
      • tear
      • veer
      • wier
      • bere
      • cheer
      • dear
      • Deere
      • fear
      • frere
      • geer
      • hear
      • jeer
      • lear
      • mear
      • mir
      • neer
      • pier
      • queered
      • sear
      • shear
      • smear
      • spear
      • speir
      • steer
      • teer
      • we're
      • year
      2 syllables
      • adhere
      • appear
      • career
      • deare
      • frontier
      • inhere
      • Meir
      • premiere
      • revere
      • severe
      • shearbill
      • smearcase
      • unclear
      • vizier
      • Zaire
      • amir
      • bashir
      • cashier
      • emir
      • geerah
      • Lanier
      • premier
      • rehear
      • Samir
      • shamir
      • sincere
      • teerer
      • veneer
      • wazir
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
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