Words That Rhyme With Defy
303 rhymes for "defy" (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
- "defy" is easy to rhyme: apply, hereby, imply and nearby 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 advice, advise and applied.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like define, refine and defined carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for defy (63)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
1 syllable
3 syllables
- underlie
- misapply
- resupply
- overfly
4+ syllables
- oversupply
Multisyllable rhymes for defy (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- define
- refine
- defined
- confine
- refined
3 syllables
- clarify
- justify
- modify
- notify
- qualify
- satisfy
- specify
- classify
- horrify
- rectify
- simplify
- terrify
- unify
- verify
- amplify
- beautify
- certify
- crucify
- deify
- dignify
- falsify
- fortify
- glorify
- gratify
- liquefy
- magnify
- mollify
- mortify
- mummify
- mystify
- nullify
- pacify
- petrify
- purify
- quantify
- ratify
- signify
- stratify
- testify
- typify
- vilify
- edify
- justified
- modified
- occupy
- qualified
- satisfied
- specified
- clarified
- classified
- horrified
- notified
- rectified
- redefine
- sacrifice
- simplified
- terrified
- unified
- verified
- amplified
- certified
- crucified
- deified
- dignified
- falsified
- fortified
- glorified
- gratified
- liquefied
- magnified
- mollified
- mortified
- mummified
- mystified
- neophyte
- nullified
- pacified
- petrified
- purified
- ratified
- signified
- stratified
- testified
- typified
- compromise
- occupied
- criticize
- emphasize
- genocide
- publicize
- redefined
- suicide
4+ syllables
- identify
- disqualify
- dissatisfy
- diversify
- electrify
- exemplify
- intensify
- personify
- solidify
- indemnify
- oversimplify
- identified
- unjustified
- unspecified
- disqualified
- diversified
- electrified
- exemplified
- intensified
- personified
- solidified
- unidentified
- unqualified
Near rhymes for defy (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- advice
- advise
- applied
- arise
- aside
- decide
- despite
- device
- divide
- implied
- inside
- invite
- outside
- precise
- provide
- replied
- rewrite
- suffice
- supplied
- surprise
- tonight
- abide
- beside
- comprise
- concise
- delight
- demise
- denied
- despise
- devise
- disguise
- excite
- misguide
- outright
- polite
- relied
- reside
- revise
- unwise
- upright
- upside
- worldwide
- alight
- allied
- belied
- defied
1 syllable
- bite
- bright
- byte
- died
- fight
- flied
- flight
- guide
- hide
- ice
- lied
- light
- might
- nice
- night
- price
- quite
- ride
- right
- rise
- side
- sight
- site
- size
- slight
- spite
- tied
- tight
- tried
- twice
- vice
- white
- wide
- wise
- write
- cite
- cried
- dice
- dried
- fried
- height
- knight
- mice
- pride
- prize
- rice
- slice
- slide
- bide
- blight
- bride
- chide
- dyed
- eyed
- glide
- guise
- kite
- lice
- mite
- plied
- pried
- rite
- shied
- snide
- spice
- spied
- tide
- trite
- vied
- vise
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Questions about rhymes for defy
What rhymes with defy?
Common perfect rhymes for defy include apply, hereby, imply, nearby, rely, reply, supply and thereby. This page lists 303 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for defy?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of defy but change a consonant. Good ones include advice, advise, applied, arise, aside and decide.
How many syllables are in defy?
Defy 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.