Words That Rhyme With Delete

280 rhymes for "delete" (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

  • "delete" is easy to rhyme: complete, concrete, repeat and compete 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 increased, released and decreased.
  • For rap, multisyllable matches like police, believe and belief carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.

Perfect rhymes for delete (49)

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

2 syllables

  • complete
  • concrete
  • repeat
  • compete
  • defeat
  • discrete
  • elite
  • receipt
  • conceit
  • deceit
  • deplete
  • discreet
  • excrete
  • offbeat
  • petite
  • replete
  • retreat
  • secrete
  • unseat
  • mistreat

1 syllable

3 syllables

Multisyllable rhymes for delete (111)

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

2 syllables

3 syllables

  • gasoline
  • daintily
  • jubilee
  • trampoline
  • probably
  • disbelief
  • disbelieve
  • pointedly
  • realty
  • startlingly
  • company
  • bumblebee
  • parakeet
  • paucity
  • sophistry
  • filigree
  • engineered
  • guarantees
  • disagrees
  • magazine
  • binaries
  • centipede
  • diocese
  • elegy
  • indices
  • quarantined

4+ syllables

  • electronically
  • culturally
  • hyperbole
  • liberally
  • mercifully
  • spiritually
  • dynamically
  • predominantly
  • apologetically
  • dubiously
  • elegantly
  • indignantly
  • indiscriminately
  • agonizingly
  • imaginatively
  • instinctively
  • staggeringly
  • ability
  • compatibility
  • identity
  • possibility
  • reality
  • homosexuality
  • inferiority
  • probability
  • stupidity
  • actuality
  • adversity
  • idiosyncrasy
  • indignity
  • ingenuity
  • radioactivity
  • sensuality
  • triviality
  • infertility
  • insufficiency
  • apology
  • analyses
  • apostrophe
  • mythology
  • parentheses
  • polygamy

Near rhymes for delete (120)

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

2 syllables

1 syllable

  • east
  • least
  • reached
  • beast
  • ceased
  • preached
  • priest
  • sneaked
  • beached
  • beefed
  • bleached
  • breached
  • briefed
  • cheeked
  • creaked
  • eked
  • feast
  • fleeced
  • freaked
  • greased
  • heaped
  • leafed
  • leaked
  • leased
  • leashed
  • peaked
  • peeked
  • peeped
  • pieced
  • piqued
  • reaped
  • screeched
  • seeped
  • shrieked
  • squeaked
  • steeped
  • streaked
  • tweaked
  • wreaked
  • yeast
  • beeped
  • be
  • feed
  • free
  • he
  • key
  • me
  • need
  • plea
  • see
  • she
  • speed
  • tea
  • three
  • tree
  • we
  • breed
  • creed
  • deed
  • fee
  • freed
  • greed
  • keyed
  • knee
  • sea
  • seed
  • thee
  • wee
  • bee
  • gee
  • lee
  • pea
  • ski
  • tee
  • deemed
  • pleased
  • seemed
  • cheap
  • deep
  • keep
  • peak
  • seek
  • sleep
  • speak
  • week

3 syllables

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Questions about rhymes for delete

What rhymes with delete?

Common perfect rhymes for delete include complete, concrete, repeat, compete, defeat, discrete, elite and receipt. This page lists 280 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.

What is a near rhyme for delete?

Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of delete but change a consonant. Good ones include increased, released, decreased, bequeathed, critiqued and debriefed.

How many syllables are in delete?

Delete 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.