Words That Rhyme With Against
243 rhymes for "against" (2 syllables): perfect rhymes, multisyllable rhymes and near rhymes, each grouped by syllable count with the most common words first. Click a linked word to see what rhymes with it.
How to use this rhyme
- "against" has only a few perfect rhymes (condensed, commenced, dispensed and fenced), so many writers mix in near rhymes to avoid the obvious pairs.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as addressed, event and expressed.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like again, incensed and attempts carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for against (5)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- condensed
- commenced
- dispensed
1 syllable
- fenced
- sensed
Multisyllable rhymes for against (118)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- again
- incensed
- attempts
- attends
- depends
- extends
- instead
- intends
- subset
- suspends
- condemned
- embed
- insect
- repaired
- contends
- inlet
- inquest
- propelled
- rebelled
- repelled
- sublet
- sunset
- windswept
- ahead
- compare
- compared
- misled
- repair
- success
- unless
- alleged
- amends
- ascends
- assess
- compel
- compelled
- condemn
- confess
- defends
- depress
- descends
- despair
- distress
- impair
- impaired
- impress
- obsess
- offends
- oppress
- possess
- suppress
- unread
- avenge
- befriends
- behead
- bloodshed
- commends
- convex
- despaired
- dispelled
- exempts
- expelled
- finesse
- gunmen
- impelled
- inbred
- lapel
- misspelled
- nutmeg
- profess
- propel
- recess
- redress
- repel
- spearhead
- unsaid
- misstep
- skinhead
- affair
- aware
- declare
- declared
- express
- himself
- itself
- somewhere
- allege
- beware
- upstairs
3 syllables
- president
- alphabet
- architect
- dividend
- manifest
- retrospect
- snappiest
- bayonet
- epithet
- recompense
- recommends
- dialect
- intellect
- businessmen
- decibel
- dispossess
- disrepair
- infidel
- solitaire
- repossess
- unisex
- unaware
- nonetheless
- personnel
- questionnaire
- parallel
4+ syllables
- aftereffect
- overextends
- nevertheless
Near rhymes for against (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- addressed
- event
- expressed
- extent
- invent
- prevent
- request
- suggest
- accent
- arrest
- assessed
- compressed
- congest
- consent
- depressed
- digest
- distressed
- impressed
- indent
- intent
- invest
- obsessed
- oppressed
- percent
- possessed
- progressed
- repent
- resent
- suppressed
- ascent
- assent
- attest
- cement
- detest
- divest
- infest
- ingest
- lament
- molest
- relent
- unrest
- accept
- affect
- attempt
- cassette
- collect
- connect
- correct
- detect
- direct
- effect
- elect
- except
- expect
- forget
- perfect
- protect
- reflect
- regret
- reject
- respect
- select
- subject
- suspect
- upset
1 syllable
4+ syllables
- misrepresent
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Questions about rhymes for against
What rhymes with against?
Common perfect rhymes for against include condensed, commenced, dispensed, fenced and sensed. This page lists 243 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for against?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of against but change a consonant. Good ones include addressed, event, expressed, extent, invent and prevent.
How many syllables are in against?
Against has 2 syllables in standard US pronunciation.
Rhymes use US pronunciations from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University) and the SCOWL word lists (Kevin Atkinson). Offensive words are left out.