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peruse

How many syllables in peruse?

  2 syllables

Divide peruse into syllables:   pe-ruse
Stressed syllable in peruse:   pe-ruse
How to pronounce peruse:   per-ooz
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Synonyms for peruse


1 syllable
  • check
  • read
2 syllables
  • inspect
    3 syllables
    • examine
    4 syllables
    • read carefully
    • read thoroughly
    • read in detail
    9 syllables
    • pay particular attention to
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      What rhymes with peruse

      1 syllable
      • blues
      • booze
      • brewst
      • chews
      • chuse
      • clues
      • crews
      • cruse
      • cues
      • do's
      • druze
      • ewes
      • fuse
      • goos
      • hewt
      • Hughes
      • jews
      • lose
      • mews
      • muse
      • oohs
      • pews
      • ques
      • roose
      • schmooze
      • shoes
      • skews
      • sous
      • stews
      • strewth
      • tews
      • twos
      • use
      • who's
      • whose
      • youse
      • zoos
      • boos
      • brews
      • bruise
      • choose
      • clews
      • coups
      • cruise
      • Cruz
      • dews
      • druse
      • dues
      • flus
      • glues
      • hews
      • hues
      • huse
      • Loos
      • Meuse
      • moos
      • news
      • ooze
      • Q's
      • queues
      • ruse
      • screws
      • shrews
      • snooze
      • spews
      • strews
      • sues
      • two's
      • U's
      • views
      • who've
      • woos
      • zoo's
      2 syllables
      • abuse
      • accuse
      • Andrews
      • berceuse
      • chanteuse
      • coiffeuse
      • danseuse
      • diffuse
      • disuse
      • ensues
      • eschews
      • ill-use
      • infuse
      • misuse
      • pursues
      • refuse
      • reuse
      • revues
      • suffuse
      • tattoos
      • transfuse
      • accrues
      • amuse
      • bemuse
      • canoes
      • chewstick
      • confuse
      • defuse
      • diseuse
      • effuse
      • enthuse
      • excuse
      • incuse
      • masseuse
      • perfuse
      • recuse
      • renews
      • reviews
      • shampoos
      • taboos
      • Toulouse
      3 syllables
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