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recess

How many syllables in recess?

  2 syllables

Divide recess into syllables:   re-cess
Stressed syllable in recess:   re-cess
How to say recess:

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Synonyms for recess


1 syllable
  • bay
  • niche
  • pause
  • break
  • nook
  • rest
2 syllables
  • alcove
  • time off
  • retreat
3 syllables
4 syllables
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    What rhymes with recess

    1 syllable
    • abs
    • bless
    • ches
    • cmos
    • crests
    • CS
    • ers
    • ess
    • fesse
    • fs
    • gless
    • guests
    • ins
    • kess
    • les
    • ls
    • mess
    • oas
    • press
    • S
    • tess
    • ts
    • vs
    • ye
    • bess
    • blesse
    • chess
    • cress
    • cs
    • dress
    • es
    • fess
    • fests
    • gess
    • guess
    • Hess
    • Jess
    • las
    • less
    • Meknes
    • ness
    • pos
    • ques
    • stress
    • tress
    • us
    • ws
    2 syllables
    • abscess
    • address
    • assess
    • bench-press
    • caress
    • clothespress
    • cold-press
    • confess
    • cross-dress
    • depress
    • digress
    • divests
    • duress
    • esse
    • excessed
    • finesse
    • French press
    • handpress
    • Hesse
    • idlesse
    • Ines
    • ingress
    • largesse
    • much less
    • no less
    • obsess
    • outguess
    • precess
    • princess
    • profess
    • protests
    • redress
    • repress
    • retests
    • side-dress
    • ss
    • success
    • sundress
    • tendresse
    • transgress
    • unless
    • word stress
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
      6 syllables
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