Words That Rhyme With Design

171 rhymes for "design" (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

  • "design" is easy to rhyme: combine, define, incline and align 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 sublime, onetime and prime.
  • For rap, multisyllable matches like designed, reside and resigned carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.

Perfect rhymes for design (36)

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

2 syllables

  • combine
  • define
  • incline
  • align
  • assign
  • confine
  • decline
  • divine
  • refine
  • resign
  • benign
  • consign
  • enshrine
  • entwine
  • malign
  • recline

1 syllable

3 syllables

  • redefine
  • intertwine
  • redesign

Multisyllable rhymes for design (120)

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

2 syllables

3 syllables

  • iodine
  • redesigned
  • coincide
  • criticize
  • criticized
  • emphasize
  • emphasized
  • genocide
  • publicize
  • publicized
  • redefined
  • suicide
  • undefined
  • fungicide
  • germicide
  • homicide
  • imprecise
  • ostracize
  • parasite
  • pesticide
  • porcupine
  • prophesied
  • synthesize
  • turpentine
  • valentine
  • clarify
  • justified
  • justify
  • modified
  • modify
  • notify
  • organize
  • organized
  • qualified
  • qualify
  • recognize
  • satisfied
  • satisfy
  • specified
  • specify
  • clarified
  • classified
  • classify
  • horrified
  • horrify
  • notified
  • paradise
  • patronize
  • rectified
  • rectify
  • sacrifice
  • sacrificed
  • simplified
  • simplify
  • subsidize
  • sympathize
  • terrified
  • terrify
  • unified
  • unify
  • verified
  • verify
  • compromise
  • occupied
  • occupy
  • recognized

4+ syllables

  • hypothesize
  • insecticide
  • identify
  • identified
  • unjustified
  • unspecified
  • apologize

Near rhymes for design (15)

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

2 syllables

  • sublime
  • onetime

1 syllable

  • prime
  • time
  • climb
  • crime
  • rhyme
  • chime
  • dime
  • grime
  • lime
  • mime
  • slime
  • thyme

3 syllables

  • anticrime

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Questions about rhymes for design

What rhymes with design?

Common perfect rhymes for design include combine, define, incline, align, assign, confine, decline and divine. This page lists 171 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.

What is a near rhyme for design?

Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of design but change a consonant. Good ones include sublime, onetime, prime, time, climb and crime.

How many syllables are in design?

Design 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.