Words That Rhyme With Contrast

47 rhymes for "contrast" (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

  • "contrast" is easy to rhyme: aghast, amassed, harassed and outlast 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 contract, comrade and contracts.
  • For rap, multisyllable matches like contact, comrades and combat carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.

Perfect rhymes for contrast (22)

The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.

2 syllables

  • aghast
  • amassed
  • harassed
  • outlast
  • surpassed

1 syllable

3 syllables

  • unsurpassed
  • lymphoblast

Multisyllable rhymes for contrast (20)

The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.

2 syllables

  • contact
  • comrades
  • combat
  • compact
  • wombat
  • bobcat
  • farmland
  • tomcat
  • carjacked
  • heartland
  • nonfat
  • hardback
  • stopgap
  • armband
  • carjack
  • goddamned
  • tarmac
  • goddamn
  • logjam

3 syllables

  • subcompact

Near rhymes for contrast (5)

Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.

2 syllables

3 syllables

  • subcontract
  • subcontracts

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Questions about rhymes for contrast

What rhymes with contrast?

Common perfect rhymes for contrast include aghast, amassed, harassed, outlast, surpassed, asked, fast and last. This page lists 47 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.

What is a near rhyme for contrast?

Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of contrast but change a consonant. Good ones include contract, comrade, contracts, subcontract and subcontracts.

How many syllables are in contrast?

Contrast 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.