Words That Rhyme With Ahead
273 rhymes for "ahead" (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
- "ahead" is easy to rhyme: instead, misled, widespread and embed all share its ending sound, so you can hold one rhyme across a whole verse.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as attend, depend and extend.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like skinhead, bloodshed and spearhead carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for ahead (34)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- instead
- misled
- widespread
- embed
- misread
- unread
- behead
- unsaid
- retread
1 syllable
3 syllables
- overhead
- infrared
- thoroughbred
Multisyllable rhymes for ahead (119)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- skinhead
- bloodshed
- spearhead
- subset
- insect
- sunset
- affects
- defense
- effects
- events
- prevents
- success
- upsets
- ascends
- assess
- cassettes
- confess
- defends
- descends
- exempt
- obsess
- offends
- offense
- possess
- avenge
- convex
- descents
- dissents
- inbred
- incense
- incensed
- inlet
- profess
- recess
- resents
- sublet
- affair
- again
- against
- attempt
- attends
- connects
- depends
- detects
- express
- extends
- himself
- intends
- invents
- itself
- protects
- rejects
- suggests
- suspends
- unless
- allege
- amends
- commence
- condense
- condensed
- consents
- contempt
- depress
- distress
- immense
- impress
- infects
- intense
- oneself
- oppress
- regrets
- suppress
- unfair
- befell
- commenced
- finesse
- gazelle
- infests
- invests
- nutmeg
- aware
- collects
- elects
- expects
- expense
- reflects
- repair
- requests
- respects
- selects
- suspects
- condemn
- neglects
- refresh
3 syllables
- dividend
- epithet
- manifest
- snappiest
- president
- represents
- alphabet
- architect
- bayonet
- dispossess
- repossess
- unisex
- recommends
- dialect
- disconnects
- intellect
- nonetheless
- circumvents
- retrospect
- parallel
- unaware
- personnel
4+ syllables
- aftereffect
- misrepresents
- nevertheless
Near rhymes for ahead (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- attend
- depend
- extend
- intend
- suspend
- alleged
- amend
- append
- ascend
- condemned
- contend
- defend
- descend
- impend
- offend
- pretend
- befriend
- commend
- distend
- expend
- portend
- transcend
- misspend
- cassette
- forget
- regret
- upset
- offset
- reset
- unset
- avenged
- accept
- addressed
- affect
- collect
- connect
- correct
- detect
- direct
- effect
- elect
- event
- except
- expect
- expressed
- extent
- invent
- perfect
- prevent
- protect
- reflect
- reject
- request
- respect
- select
- subject
- suggest
- suspect
1 syllable
4+ syllables
- overextend
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Questions about rhymes for ahead
What rhymes with ahead?
Common perfect rhymes for ahead include instead, misled, widespread, embed, misread, unread, behead and unsaid. This page lists 273 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for ahead?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of ahead but change a consonant. Good ones include attend, depend, extend, intend, suspend and alleged.
How many syllables are in ahead?
Ahead 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.