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

abatement

aberrant

abridgement

abhorrent

absorbent

abstinent

abundant

accountant

achievement

adamant

adherent

accident

adjacent

adjournment

affiant

adjutant

afferent

adornment

advisement

advancement

affluent

ambient

alliant

alignment

agreement

amazement

allotment

astringent

amendment

adjustment

amendments

amusement

ammonite

animate

ammonites

amenta

animates

annulment

appeasement

arraignment

announcement

applicant

apparent

argument

armament

apartment

assignment

arrangement

appointment

ascendant

arrogant

aspirant

assailant

assessment

assistant

assortment

atonement

bereavement

attainment

banishment

attendant

battlement

battlefront

betterment

bimonthly

canaanite

blandishment

celebrant

bombardment

clairvoyant

coherent

cognizant

combatant

concurrent

concealment

confinement

attachment

commencement

commander

commandment

commandos

consistent

containment

consignment

commitment

compliant

complainant

component

complacent

complaisant

complement

commenter

compartment

comportment

commenters

condiment

confident

commandant

confluent

commandeer

consequent

commanders

consonant

commanding

consultant

commandments

continent

commando

contentment

contestant

contingent

conundrum

convenient

convergent

cormorant

covenant

debarment

debasement

crosscurrent

curtailment

defendant

decadent

decedent

declarant

deferment

defiant

deficient

delinquent

demented

department

dependent

derailment

descendant

descendent

despondent

depressant

detachment

deportment

detergent

determent

deployment

ebullient

deterrent

different

diligent

discernment

disbarment

disbursement

discordant

disgorgement

divergent

divalent

dissident

dissonant

displacement

dominant

divestment

dominate

dominates

dynamite

detriment

efferent

efficient

effluent

equipment

elegant

element

elephant

enrollment

emanate

embankment

enjoyment

eloquent

emergent

enactment

endowment

engagement

enrichment

embayment

emigrant

eminent

enticement

emplacement

employment

engrossment

enchantment

enlargement

enlistment

enslavement

encroachment

endearment

entombment

endorsement

escapement

enforcement

emanates

enhancement

entrenchment

excitement

fabricant

estrangement

evident

exigent

existent

excellent

filament

esculent

excrement

expectant

exponent

flamboyant

fluorescent

flatulent

fraudulent

exultant

fulfillment

garnishment

geminate

escarpment

government

conversant

harassment

violent

hesitant

ignorant

immanent

imminent

immigrant

impairment

incessant

impeachment

impotent

impatient

implement

important

imprudent

impressment

improvement

incident

indigent

incitement

indictment

indifferent

inclement

increment

incumbent

indecent

indignant

indolent

inducement

informant

indulgent

infrequent

infringement

inhalant

innocent

inherent

inpatient

insistent

insolent

insouciant

insolvent

insurgent

instrument

internment

inundate

investment

involvement

nutrient

irritant

jubilant

laminate

laminates

lamenting

lemonade

ligament

litigant

limonite

lieutenant

malignant

maltreatment

management

lubricant

manhandle

mennonite

measurement

memento

mementos

mennonites

miscreant

militant

misstatement

mistreatment

misjudgment

momentum

monument

nominate

negligent

nominates

lamented

nonpayment

nourishment

ornament

odorant

oceanfront

opulent

observant

occupant

omniscient

operant

opponent

parliament

panhandle

orpiment

persistent

permanent

petulant

precedent

postponement

pneumatics

pneumatic

prejudgment

prescient

presentment

president

proficient

provident

prevalent

prominent

proponent

procurement

pronouncement

protestant

prurient

quiescent

punishment

pursuant

purulent

reagent

puzzlement

recurrent

redundant

refinement

redolent

regiment

recruitment

refreshment

registrant

reliant

reluctant

relevant

reminders

remainder

reminder

repentant

repellent

replacement

resultant

resident

resilient

resplendent

reticent

requirement

resentment

respondent

resurgent

repugnant

resonant

resistant

retrenchment

reverent

romantic

rudiment

ruminant

ruminate

sacrament

sediment

sentiment

variant

romantics

settlement

stimulant

somnolent

sufficient

supplement

supplicant

subsequent

temperament

tenement

tolerant

tournament

transcendent

testament

translucent

transparent

triumphant

truculent

turbulent

unpleasant

vehement

virulent

vigilant

hominid

womanhood

wonderment

4 syllable words

acquiescent

accompaniment

acknowledgement

accoutrement

accomplishment

adolescent

advertisement

ambivalent

aggrandizement

amendable

ammunition

ammunitions

amenity

animations

animation

animated

animating

animator

animators

antecedent

amenities

apportionment

astonishment

beneficent

belligerent

benevolent

bewilderment

coefficient

coincident

commentaries

concomitant

commentary

commendable

commendation

commentator

community

commentators

communities

constituent

convalescent

correspondent

deodorant

determinant

diminishment

diminutive

diminution

disagreement

disappointment

discouragement

disarmament

disenchantment

disengagement

disinfectant

dismemberment

dominated

dominating

domination

development

effervescent

embodiment

embarrassment

embellishment

embezzlement

endangerment

emanation

enlightenment

encouragement

entertainment

emanations

entitlement

environment

entanglement

equivalent

evanescent

establishment

exorbitant

expedient

expectorant

experiment

extinguishment

extravagant

exuberant

grandiloquent

humanity

immunities

humanities

immunity

incipient

inadvertent

incandescent

impediment

impertinent

impoverishment

incoherent

inconvenient

independent

inconsistent

incompetent

incontinent

inefficient

ingredient

inhabitant

innuendo

innuendoes

innuendos

insufficient

intercurrent

integument

intelligent

intermittent

invariant

intransigent

inundation

inundations

obedient

irreverent

iridescent

itinerant

intolerant

laminated

laminating

luxuriant

magnificent

luminescent

malevolent

mismanagement

misgovernment

momentary

monovalent

nonexistent

noncombatant

nonentity

nomination

nominations

nonresident

nonviolent

lamentable

omnipotent

omnipresent

overstatement

participant

obsolescent

percipient

abandonment

preeminent

predicament

predominant

readjustment

reassignment

rearrangement

reappointment

reassessment

recalcitrant

recipient

reenactment

refrigerant

reimbursement

reinforcement

reinstatement

reminiscent

reinvestment

resettlement

retirement

ruminated

rumination

ruminations

self-consistent

self-confident

self-government

self-sufficient

significant

subservient

tetravalent

undercurrent

understatement

unemployment

uninterested

replenishment

vehemently

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word lenient

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
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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