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clean

How many syllables in clean?

  1 syllable

Divide clean into syllables:   clean
Syllable stress:   clean
How to pronounce clean:   kleen
How to say clean:

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Synonyms for clean


1 syllable
  • bathe
  • cleanse
  • dust
  • good
  • mop
  • preen
  • rinse
  • scrub
  • sponge
  • swill
  • wipe
  • blank
  • cleared
  • fresh
  • groom
  • neat
  • pure
  • scour
  • sluice
  • swab
  • wash
2 syllables
  • blameless
  • dirt free
  • freshen
  • polish
  • shipshape
  • sparkling
  • sterile
  • unsoiled
  • wholesome
  • burnish
  • fillet
  • launder
  • shampoo
  • simple
  • spotless
  • tidy
  • valet
3 syllables
  • drinkable
  • innocent
  • potable
  • sanitize
  • spick and span
  • untainted
  • virtuous
  • hygienic
  • orderly
  • purify
  • sanitized
  • sterilized
  • vacuum
4 syllables
6 syllables
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    What rhymes with clean

    1 syllable
    • bean
    • dean
    • freen
    • gene
    • green
    • haen
    • jean
    • Kean
    • lean
    • lien
    • mein
    • mien
    • peen
    • plein
    • Queen
    • scene
    • seen
    • skeen
    • spleen
    • teen
    • wean
    • wheen
    • bein
    • dene
    • gean
    • glean
    • Greene
    • Jean
    • jeanne
    • keen
    • lenes
    • mean
    • mesne
    • nein
    • peine
    • preen
    • queen
    • screen
    • sheen
    • spean
    • Steen
    • tween
    • ween
    • yean
    2 syllables
    • agin
    • ameen
    • baleen
    • between
    • caffeine
    • careen
    • celine
    • christine
    • colleen
    • corinne
    • cuisine
    • doreen
    • eighteen
    • Eugene
    • fifteen
    • fourteen
    • janine
    • Joaquin
    • killeen
    • latrine's
    • lene
    • machine
    • martine
    • meindre
    • moline
    • nene
    • obscene
    • Pauline
    • Racine
    • reen
    • Sabine
    • sardine
    • serene
    • Sistine
    • skene
    • sunscreen
    • treen
    • unclean
    • vaccine
    • aileen
    • amin
    • benzene
    • bien
    • canteen
    • casein
    • charlene
    • citrine
    • convene
    • cortine
    • demean
    • e'en
    • eileen
    • Feldene
    • foreseen
    • Irene
    • jeanine
    • Kathleen
    • latrine
    • lean-to
    • limine
    • marine
    • Maureen
    • meine
    • moreen
    • nineteen
    • onscreen
    • preteen
    • ravine
    • routine
    • saline
    • sardined
    • shaheen
    • sixteen
    • Slovene
    • thirteen
    • umpteen
    • unseen
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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