Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word defendant.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
2 syllable words
4 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word defendant.
1 syllable words
3 syllable words

abandon

abandoned

abandons

abundance

abatement

aberrant

abounding

abridgement

absorbent

abstinent

abhorrent

adjournment

accountant

adjacent

adornment

achievement

adjutant

adjustment

adamant

advancement

advisement

adherent

afferent

affiant

accident

assailant

affluent

agreement

amusement

alignment

amazement

allotment

alliant

ambient

appendix

apparent

appeasement

apartment

annulment

announcement

appendage

arrogant

applicant

arraignment

appointment

appointments

arrangement

armament

argument

appointee

appointed

appointees

appointive

aspirant

assessment

assignment

atonement

attainment

attachment

astringent

banishment

battlefront

battlement

avant-garde

bereavement

betterment

blandishment

celebrant

cavendish

bombardment

cabinet

chippendale

chippendales

clairvoyant

cabinets

cognizant

coherent

commandment

commencement

combatant

complacent

commitment

compartment

complainant

complaisant

confident

compliant

component

concurrent

condiment

confluent

comportment

concealment

complement

confinement

consonant

assortment

consignment

consistent

consultant

containment

contentment

contestant

continent

conversant

convergent

convenient

contingent

covenant

cormorant

consequent

coventry

assistant

declarant

debarment

defenders

debasement

curtailment

debentures

debenture

decadent

defender

decedent

defiant

definite

delinquent

department

depressant

deployment

deportment

derailment

despondent

determent

detachment

detergent

deterrent

detriment

diligent

deviant

deviants

disbursement

disbarment

discordant

displacement

disgorgement

dominant

divestment

divalent

divergent

ebullient

efferent

effluent

elegant

element

elephant

eloquent

emergent

embayment

emigrant

emplacement

embankment

eminent

enactment

employment

enticement

entombment

enchantment

encroachment

endowment

endearment

endorsement

enjoyment

engagement

enforcement

engrossment

enhancement

enlargement

enrollment

enrichment

enlistment

enslavement

entrenchment

equipment

escapement

esculent

escarpment

eventful

estrangement

excitement

evident

excellent

fluorescent

excrement

exigent

expectant

existent

exultant

filament

flatulent

flamboyant

exponent

fabricant

tournament

fraudulent

crosscurrent

garnishment

fulfillment

hypnotist

hypnotists

gradient

transcendent

harassment

hypnotics

hypnotic

hypnotize

ignorant

impairment

immigrant

impressment

impotent

implement

important

incident

impatient

impeachment

improvement

imprudent

incessant

inclement

indecent

incitement

increment

incumbent

indignant

indolent

indigent

indictment

indifferent

indulgent

inhalant

infrequent

infringement

innocent

inducement

inherent

insolent

inpatient

informant

insistent

insolvent

insouciant

insurgent

instrument

internment

investment

government

irritant

lenient

jubilant

lavender

lieutenant

ligament

litigant

malignant

measurement

management

lubricant

maltreatment

militant

miscreant

misstatement

misjudgment

mistreatment

monument

newfoundland

nepenthe

negligent

nonpayment

nourishment

observant

occupant

nutrient

oceanfront

odorant

offender

offenders

omniscient

operant

opponent

ornament

opulent

orpiment

parliament

involvement

permanent

petulant

tolerant

persistent

presentment

precedent

prepayment

president

prejudgment

prescient

prevalent

procurement

proficient

puzzlement

proponent

prominent

provident

purulent

prurient

punishment

pursuant

quiescent

pronouncement

reagent

protestant

radiant

reappoint

replacement

refunders

postponement

recurrent

refinement

refreshment

redolent

recruitment

relevant

regiment

reluctant

repayment

reliant

registrant

repugnant

resilient

resistant

resident

requirement

resonant

respondent

resurgent

retrenchment

reverent

resultant

reticent

ruminant

settlement

rudiment

sentiment

sediment

seventeen

sacrament

seventeens

salient

seventeenth

seventy

seventies

somnolent

sufficient

stimulant

subsequent

supplement

supplicant

temperament

tenement

testament

virulent

truculent

transparent

hesitant

triumphant

translucent

turbulent

unpleasant

vigilant

variant

vehement

violent

wonderment

4 syllable words

abandonment

abandonments

abundantly

adolescent

accoutrement

acquiescent

acknowledgement

affinity

advertisement

affinities

accompaniment

accomplishment

aggrandizement

ambivalent

antecedent

appendages

appendixes

apportionment

benevolent

belligerent

astonishment

beneficent

coefficient

bewilderment

coincident

concomitant

constituent

convalescent

correspondent

defamation

definitive

definitely

definition

definitions

deodorant

dependencies

dependable

determinant

development

diminishment

disagreement

disappointment

disarmament

discouragement

disinfectant

dismemberment

disengagement

disenchantment

divinity

divinities

divination

effervescent

embarrassment

embezzlement

embellishment

embodiment

endangerment

encouragement

enlightenment

entertainment

entanglement

entitlement

equivalent

establishment

environment

evanescent

eventual

expectorant

expedient

experiment

exuberant

exorbitant

extinguishment

extravagant

percipient

grandiloquent

hypnotism

hyphenated

hypnotizes

impertinent

impediment

impoverishment

inadvertent

incandescent

independent

incoherent

incontinent

inconsistent

inconvenient

inefficient

ingredient

inhabitant

intelligent

incipient

incompetent

integument

insufficient

intercurrent

intermittent

intolerant

invariant

intransigent

malevolent

luxuriant

magnificent

misgovernment

luminescent

mismanagement

monovalent

noncombatant

nonexistent

nonresident

obsolescent

obedient

nonviolent

omnipresent

omnipotent

overstatement

participant

iridescent

itinerant

replenishment

predicament

predominant

preeminent

readjustment

reappointment

reassignment

recalcitrant

rearrangement

reassessment

refrigerant

reenactment

recipient

reminiscent

reinvestment

reimbursement

reinforcement

reinstatement

resettlement

retirement

self-confident

self-government

self-consistent

self-sufficient

significant

seventieth

subservient

tetravalent

undercurrent

understatement

unemployment

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word defendant

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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