How many syllables in fires?

There is 1 syllable in the word fires.

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How to pronounce fires:

Definition of fires:

fires (noun):: one of the four elements of the alchemists; the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat; a destructive uncontrolled burning that destroys buildings, crops, etc.

Synonyms for fires:

ardor

ardour

attack

blast

blaze

blazes

bonfires

combustion

conflagration

conflagrations

fervency

fervidness

fervor

fervour

fire

firing

flack

flak

flame

flames

flaming

holocaust

inferno

infernos

wildfires

Antonyms for fires:

beats out

blankets

blows out

dampens down

douses

douts

dowses

extinguishes

puts out

quenches

smothers

snuffs out

stamps out

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