Words That Rhyme With Desire
72 rhymes for "desire" (3 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
- "desire" is easy to rhyme: acquire, entire, require and supplier 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 acquired, desired and required.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like designer, decipher and gunfire carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for desire (26)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
1 syllable
- dire
- mire
Multisyllable rhymes for desire (28)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
3 syllables
- designer
- decipher
- gunfire
- deciphered
- divisor
- gridiron
- hitchhiker
- incisor
- insider
- provider
- umpire
- divider
- compiler
- admirers
- scriptwriter
- subscriber
4+ syllables
- amplifier
- identifier
- pacifier
- qualifier
- synthesizer
- modifier
- organizer
- appetizer
- sympathizer
- analyzer
- fertilizer
- tranquilizer
Near rhymes for desire (18)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
3 syllables
- acquired
- desired
- required
- expires
- inquired
- inquires
- inspired
- admired
- aspires
- conspired
- transpired
2 syllables
- fired
- hired
- tired
- wired
- squires
4+ syllables
- uninspired
- unexpired
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What rhymes with desire?
Common perfect rhymes for desire include acquire, entire, require, supplier, attire, ceasefire, conspire and transpire. This page lists 72 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for desire?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of desire but change a consonant. Good ones include acquired, desired, required, expires, inquired and inquires.
How many syllables are in desire?
Desire has 3 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.