Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word patent.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 patent.
3 syllable words

abatement

aberrant

abstinent

accident

abhorrent

abundant

abridgement

accountant

achievement

absorbent

adamant

adenoid

adjacent

adenoids

adherent

addendums

adjournment

adjustment

adjutant

admittance

adornment

advancement

advisement

addendum

affluent

alliant

allotment

agreement

alignment

amazement

ambient

apparent

annulment

amendment

apartment

amusement

announcement

appeasement

applicant

aspirant

assailant

ascendant

assessment

arraignment

arrogant

armament

arrangement

argument

assignment

assistant

atonement

appointment

assortment

astringent

attachment

attainder

attainment

attendant

attendance

attendants

attentive

authentic

attentions

automate

automates

blandishment

battlement

betterment

battlefront

banishment

bereavement

bombardment

combatant

clairvoyant

celebrant

commitment

commandment

cognizant

commencement

compartment

attention

complacent

complainant

coherent

complaisant

contestant

complement

compliant

component

comportment

concurrent

condiment

confident

confluent

contentment

concealment

consistent

consultant

containment

consonant

confinement

consequent

consignment

continent

contingent

convenient

cottonmouth

conversant

cormorant

cottonwood

covenant

cottonwoods

crosscurrent

curtailment

debasement

decadent

decedent

debarment

declarant

defendant

deferment

detachment

defiant

department

deportment

dependent

depressant

derailment

descendant

descendent

deficient

deployment

delinquent

despondent

determent

deterrent

detention

detriment

dissident

deviant

different

diligent

discordant

detentions

disbarment

discernment

disbursement

disgorgement

displacement

dissonant

divalent

detergent

divergent

divestment

dominant

ebullient

efferent

convergent

elegant

element

elephant

eloquent

embankment

embayment

efficient

effluent

eminent

enactment

emergent

enchantment

emigrant

employment

emplacement

endorsement

encroachment

endearment

endowment

enforcement

enjoyment

engagement

enlistment

enhancement

enrollment

enticement

enlargement

engrossment

entombment

enrichment

enslavement

entrenchment

escapement

esculent

escarpment

evident

excitement

existent

excellent

exigent

expectant

excrement

equipment

estrangement

filament

flatulent

fluorescent

exponent

fabricant

exultant

flamboyant

fraudulent

fulfillment

garnishment

godmother

godmothers

government

gradient

harassment

hesitant

identics

immanent

imminent

important

immigrant

impatient

implement

impotent

impairment

ignorant

impeachment

imprudent

incitement

impressment

improvement

incessant

incident

inclement

irritant

incumbent

increment

indecent

indictment

indolent

indulgent

indigent

indifferent

inducement

informant

inherent

innocent

insolent

inhalant

inpatient

insistent

insolvent

insouciant

instrument

insurgent

investment

internment

involvement

infringement

jubilant

indignant

lenient

lieutenant

ligament

litigant

maltreatment

management

lubricant

malignant

midwinter

infrequent

measurement

militant

monument

misstatement

miscreant

misjudgment

mistreatment

nonpayment

observant

nutrient

nourishment

occupant

oceanfront

odorant

operant

opulent

ornament

orpiment

parliament

omniscient

outmoded

opponent

pedantry

patiently

persistent

permanent

petulant

prescient

potentate

potentates

postponement

potentials

potential

prepayment

prejudgment

precedent

president

protestant

prevalent

prominent

proponent

presentment

proficient

pronouncement

procurement

provident

prurient

punishment

pursuant

purulent

puzzlement

radiant

readmit

negligent

reagent

recruitment

recurrent

red-handed

redolent

redundant

refinement

refreshment

regiment

reluctant

relevant

repayment

reliant

registrant

repellent

repentant

repugnant

replacement

reticent

resident

resonant

resurgent

resistant

respondent

resilient

resplendent

resultant

retention

reverent

retinoid

retinoids

retrenchment

salient

ruminant

sacrament

rotunda

rudiment

rotundo

sediment

resentment

sentiment

settlement

requirement

sidewinder

somnolent

standardize

stimulant

tenement

testament

subsequent

tolerant

triumphant

sufficient

supplement

supplicant

tournament

transcendent

translucent

temperament

transparent

truculent

turbulent

variant

vehement

violent

unpleasant

vigilant

virulent

wonderment

4 syllable words

accompaniment

accomplishment

accoutrement

acknowledgement

acquiescent

adolescent

admittedly

advertisement

antecedent

ambivalent

apportionment

astonishment

aggrandizement

attenuate

authenticate

authenticates

attenuates

authentically

automated

automatic

benevolent

automotive

belligerent

beneficent

automaton

bewilderment

automatics

coefficient

coincident

concomitant

constituent

convalescent

correspondent

deodorant

detonator

detonating

detonation

detonators

determinant

detonations

disappointment

development

disarmament

discouragement

disenchantment

disagreement

disinfectant

dismemberment

disengagement

diminishment

embodiment

encouragement

embarrassment

enlightenment

entertainment

entitlement

entanglement

endangerment

embezzlement

equivalent

establishment

embellishment

environment

exorbitant

expectorant

extravagant

evanescent

experiment

exuberant

expedient

extinguishment

effervescent

good-naturedly

grandiloquent

identified

impertinent

inadvertent

abandonment

impediment

identity

identities

impoverishment

incandescent

incipient

incontinent

inconsistent

inconvenient

independent

inefficient

incoherent

inhabitant

insufficient

iridescent

intercurrent

intermittent

intolerant

invariant

intelligent

intransigent

integument

ingredient

irreverent

itinerant

incompetent

luxuriant

luminescent

malevolent

magnificent

mathematics

mathematic

patentable

monovalent

misgovernment

mismanagement

noncombatant

nonresident

obsolescent

nonviolent

nonexistent

obedient

odometer

odometers

omnipotent

omnipresent

overstatement

participant

percipient

photometer

preeminent

predicament

predominant

potentially

readjustment

reappointment

reassessment

recalcitrant

reassignment

recipient

reenactment

refrigerant

redundancy

redundancies

reminiscent

reinvestment

reimbursement

reinforcement

reinstatement

resettlement

retirement

sedentary

self-government

self-consistent

self-sufficient

self-confident

replenishment

significant

rearrangement

subservient

tetravalent

identical

identifies

undercurrent

understatement

unemployment

identify

identikit

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word patent

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
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