Words That Rhyme With Dead
154 rhymes for "dead" (1 syllable): 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
- "dead" is easy to rhyme: bed, fed, head and lead 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 end, friend and lend.
- Longer rhymes like ahead and instead let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for dead (34)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- ahead
- instead
- misled
- widespread
- embed
- misread
- unread
- behead
- unsaid
- retread
3 syllables
- overhead
- infrared
- thoroughbred
Near rhymes for dead (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
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
4+ syllables
- overextend
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What rhymes with dead?
Common perfect rhymes for dead include bed, fed, head, lead, led, read, red and said. This page lists 154 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for dead?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of dead but change a consonant. Good ones include end, friend, lend, send, spend and tend.
How many syllables are in dead?
Dead has 1 syllable 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.