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decree

How many syllables in decree?

  2 syllables

Divide decree into syllables:   de-cree
Stressed syllable in decree:   de-cree
How to pronounce decree:   dih-kree
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Synonyms for decree


1 syllable
  • act
  • rule
  • law
2 syllables
  • announce
  • declare
  • diktat
  • edict
  • ordain
  • pronounce
  • sentence
  • verdict
  • command
  • dictate
  • direct
  • judgment
  • order
  • ruling
  • statute
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • lay down the law
  • regulation
6 syllables
  • deliver a verdict
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    What rhymes with decree

    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
    • debris
    • 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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