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severe

How many syllables in severe?

  428759613 syllables

Divide severe into syllables:   se-vere
Stressed syllable in severe:   se-vere
How to pronounce severe:   suh-veer
How to say severe:

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Synonyms for severe


1 syllable
  • bad
  • grave
  • harsh
  • rough
  • sound
  • stern
  • tight
  • dour
  • hard
  • plain
  • sharp
  • stark
  • strict
2 syllables
  • acute
  • awful
  • cruel
  • extreme
  • heavy
  • penal
  • simple
  • trenchant
  • austere
  • brutal
  • drastic
  • grievous
  • nasty
  • ruthless
  • Spartan
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
6 syllables
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What rhymes with severe

1 syllable
  • beer
  • blear
  • clear
  • deer
  • ear
  • fleer
  • gear
  • gere
  • here
  • leer
  • mere
  • near
  • peer
  • queer
  • rear
  • sere
  • sheer
  • sneer
  • Speer
  • sphere
  • teer
  • wier
  • bere
  • cheer
  • dear
  • Deere
  • fear
  • frere
  • geer
  • hear
  • lear
  • mear
  • mir
  • neer
  • pier
  • queered
  • sear
  • shear
  • smear
  • spear
  • speir
  • steer
  • veer
  • year
2 syllables
  • adhere
  • ambeer
  • ampere
  • arrear
  • Ayrshire
  • besmear
  • career
  • cashmere
  • chimere
  • cohere
  • deare
  • dog-ear
  • endear
  • eyrir
  • footgear
  • gambier
  • Goodyear
  • inhere
  • Kashmir
  • killdeer
  • light-year
  • menhir
  • mishear
  • pickeer
  • redear
  • reindeer
  • revers
  • santir
  • shamir
  • sincere
  • Tangier
  • unclear
  • Vanir
  • Vermeer
  • wazir
  • Wiltshire
  • Ymir
  • Zaire
  • Aesir
  • amir
  • appear
  • austere
  • bashir
  • brassiere
  • cashier
  • Cheshire
  • clavier
  • compeer
  • destrier
  • emir
  • ensphere
  • Fafnir
  • frontier
  • geerah
  • headgear
  • Izmir
  • kefir
  • Lanier
  • Meir
  • midyear
  • monsieur
  • premier
  • rehear
  • revere
  • Samir
  • Shakespeare
  • shearbill
  • smearcase
  • teerer
  • uprear
  • veneer
  • vizier
  • wheatear
  • worm gear
  • Yorkshire
  • zaire
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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