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debris

How many syllables in debris?

  2 syllables

Divide debris into syllables:   de-bris
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Synonyms for debris


1 syllable
  • filth
  • shards
  • waste
  • junk
  • trash
2 syllables
  • flotsam
  • garbage
  • remains
  • rubble
3 syllables
    5 syllables
    • flotsam and jetsam
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      What rhymes with debris

      1 syllable
      • ab
      • B
      • bee
      • bree
      • bt
      • C
      • cie
      • crea
      • D
      • de
      • di
      • ee
      • fi
      • flee
      • free
      • gee
      • glee
      • hee
      • id
      • key
      • Klee
      • Lee
      • li
      • me
      • mee
      • Mt
      • ngwee
      • oui
      • pea
      • plea
      • pree
      • qui
      • re
      • sci
      • sea
      • sep
      • shi
      • shri
      • si
      • ski
      • smee
      • spree
      • tea
      • thee
      • ti
      • vee
      • wee
      • Yi
      • zee
      • atp
      • be
      • blea
      • Brie
      • Bt
      • chee
      • cod
      • Cree
      • ddt
      • dee
      • E
      • fee
      • flea
      • fop
      • G
      • ghee
      • he
      • ib
      • kee
      • Ki
      • knee
      • Leigh
      • marquees
      • mea
      • mi
      • nee
      • oad
      • P
      • pee
      • pre
      • prix
      • rb
      • ree
      • se
      • see
      • she
      • shih
      • shride
      • sie
      • slee
      • snee
      • Sri
      • tee
      • three
      • tree
      • we
      • yee
      • Z
      2 syllables
      • 3-D
      • AC
      • ackee
      • agley
      • aiguille
      • Albee
      • alley
      • Amy
      • appointee's
      • at sea
      • Attlee
      • bailee
      • banshee
      • bawbee
      • Belgae
      • big tree
      • bootee
      • break free
      • burgee
      • Capri
      • Cb
      • CC
      • cd
      • Chaldee
      • chili
      • confit
      • croquis
      • curie
      • decree
      • degree
      • Denis
      • donee
      • draftee
      • Dundee
      • duree
      • ennui
      • esprit
      • farci
      • flame tree
      • foresee
      • fringe tree
      • GB
      • goatee
      • grandee
      • green tea
      • GT
      • gutsy
      • Henri
      • high tea
      • hot key
      • IC
      • indri
      • IV
      • jaygee
      • Jiangxi
      • knock-knee
      • latchkey
      • lessee
      • listee
      • louie
      • low-key
      • lychee
      • maquis
      • markee
      • Marquis
      • MC
      • mentee
      • Midi
      • must-see
      • nestle
      • oadal
      • off-key
      • Osee
      • pardie
      • party
      • pattee
      • payee
      • pc
      • peewee
      • pg
      • piggy
      • pollee
      • post-free
      • précis
      • puttee
      • raki
      • rani
      • razee
      • Red Sea
      • rooftree
      • rountree
      • rushee
      • sati
      • settee
      • shade tree
      • shift key
      • sightsee
      • silk tree
      • smoke tree
      • snow pea
      • spahi
      • squeegee
      • state tree
      • suttee
      • sycee
      • tb
      • tepee
      • titi
      • to-be
      • tootsie
      • towhee
      • trainee
      • Tralee
      • trustee
      • turfski
      • tutee
      • tutti
      • unbe
      • vestee
      • vouchee
      • whangee
      • wind tee
      • Yangtze
      • yippee
      • absentee's
      • achy
      • Agee
      • agree
      • akey
      • alee
      • ally
      • ani
      • artsy
      • attendee's
      • Bacchae
      • Bangui
      • bargee
      • bee tree
      • bibi
      • bohea
      • bougie
      • buckshee
      • callee
      • carefree
      • CB
      • CD
      • Chablis
      • chickpea
      • church key
      • cowpea
      • Cuffee
      • dea
      • deep-sea
      • degree's
      • deportee's
      • DP
      • drawee
      • dundee
      • emcee
      • escapee's
      • etui
      • feoffee
      • for free
      • forsee
      • fusee
      • germfree
      • grand prix
      • grantee
      • Gretzky
      • gt
      • heart-free
      • high sea
      • Horae
      • Humvee
      • in fee
      • IP
      • Jaycee
      • jayvee
      • kea
      • KP
      • Lea
      • licensee's
      • look-see
      • louies
      • LP
      • mamey
      • Marie
      • marquee
      • mc
      • meebos
      • métis
      • muggee
      • Nancy
      • North Sea
      • OD
      • ogee
      • Parcae
      • Parsi
      • passkey
      • Pawnee
      • PC
      • Pee Dee
      • pewee
      • PG
      • pledgee
      • pongee
      • pouncy
      • puree
      • qt
      • ranee
      • ravi
      • rea
      • returnee's
      • Ross Sea
      • rupee
      • RV
      • scot-free
      • Shaanxi
      • Shanxi
      • shoe tree
      • signee
      • sirree
      • snap pea
      • spadille
      • spondee
      • standee
      • strophe
      • sweat bee
      • TB
      • teecall
      • testee
      • to sea
      • toll-free
      • topee
      • townee
      • trainee's
      • trochee
      • Tupi
      • turnkey
      • Tutsi
      • TV
      • vendee
      • Volsci
      • weeble
      • whoopee
      • would-be
      • yen-shee
      • Zea
      3 syllables
      • absentee
      • adoptee
      • APC
      • attendee
      • benami
      • bourgeoisie
      • creable
      • demaree
      • designee
      • devotee
      • enlistee
      • escapee
      • Guarani
      • guaranty
      • inductee
      • jubilee
      • LSD
      • MPG
      • oversea
      • pattemar
      • R&B
      • repartee
      • retiree
      • Rosemarie
      • signori
      • thierry
      • Waikiki
      4 syllables
      • deecodder
      • LAPD
      • thievable
      5 syllables
        6 syllables
        7 syllables
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