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lee

/liː/noun, adjective1 syllable

Lee means: soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818).

Synonyms for lee18

noun, as in soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)

Henry Lee III, Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee

noun, as in American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)

Robert Edwin Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee

noun, as in United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

Spike Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee

noun, as in United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)

Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose Louise Hovick

noun, as in United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1940-1973)

Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam

noun, as in United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)

Tsung-Dao Lee, Tsung Dao Lee

noun, as in the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

lee side, leeward

noun, as in leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)

Richard Henry Lee

adjective, as in towards the side away from the wind

downwind, leeward

What does lee mean?9

noun

1

soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)

2

American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)

3

United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

4

United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)

5

United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1940-1973)

6

United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)

7

the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

8

leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)

adjective

1

towards the side away from the wind

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with lee?60

three syllables

guarantee
Show 40 near rhymes
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All 60 rhymes for lee, grouped by syllable

Lee in a sentence

  • A fishing light wavers under the lee of an island.sidchem981
  • Lee knew they would attack with full force the next day.Source_VOA
  • Lee said he could not accept the job.Source_VOA
  • Lee said those were the conditions he had expected.Source_VOA
  • Lee did not agree that the situation was hopeless.Source_VOA
  • Lee no longer had a way to supply his troops in Petersburg.Source_VOA
  • Rima has to admit that Lee is cool.always
  • Lee 'Scratch' Perry was a pioneer of dub music.sundown

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Forms of lee

as a noun

plural
lees