Words That Rhyme With Despise
299 rhymes for "despise" (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
- "despise" is easy to rhyme: advise, applies, arise and implies 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 arrives, besides and combines.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like despite, despised and abide carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for despise (59)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
1 syllable
3 syllables
- underlies
- improvise
- oversize
4+ syllables
- decriminalize
- sensationalize
Multisyllable rhymes for despise (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
3 syllables
- occupy
- subsidize
- digitize
- dramatize
- hypnotize
- merchandise
- oxidize
- privatize
- traumatize
- sanitize
- stigmatize
- clarify
- compromise
- justify
- modify
- notify
- occupied
- organize
- qualify
- recognize
- satisfy
- specify
- classify
- criticize
- emphasize
- horrify
- maximize
- megabyte
- minimize
- optimize
- paradise
- patronize
- publicize
- rectify
- sacrifice
- simplify
- sympathize
- terrify
- unify
- verify
- alibi
- circumcise
- customize
- eulogize
- itemize
- lullaby
- ostracize
- porcupine
- synthesize
- televise
- justified
- modified
- qualified
- realize
- satisfied
- specified
- analyze
- civilize
- clarified
- classified
- finalize
- horrified
- multiply
- notified
- optimized
- rectified
- redefine
- specialize
- subsidized
- terrified
- unified
- verified
- organized
- recognized
4+ syllables
- preoccupy
- prioritize
- proselytize
- apologize
- identify
- dissatisfy
- economize
- hypothesize
- preoccupied
- unoccupied
- epitomize
- apologized
- generalize
- identified
- initialize
Near rhymes for despise (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- arrives
- besides
- combines
- decides
- defines
- derives
- describes
- designs
- divides
- inclines
- provides
- sometimes
- survives
- aligns
- assigns
- declines
- deprives
- misguides
- prescribes
- refines
- resides
- resigns
- abides
- ascribes
- asides
- collides
- confides
- derides
- insides
- outsides
- presides
- revives
- advice
- apply
- device
- hereby
- imply
- nearby
- precise
- rely
- reminds
- reply
- suffice
- supply
- thereby
- whereby
1 syllable
- drives
- hides
- lines
- sides
- signs
- times
- climbs
- crimes
- dines
- dives
- fines
- guides
- mines
- primes
- rides
- shines
- slides
- tribes
- wines
- wives
- bribes
- brides
- chides
- chimes
- climes
- dimes
- fives
- gibes
- glides
- grimes
- hives
- jibes
- knives
- limes
- nines
- pines
- prides
- rhymes
- scribes
- shrines
- spines
- strides
- strives
- thrives
- tides
- vines
- whines
- binds
- buy
- by
- cry
- die
- dry
- eye
- finds
- fly
- fry
- grinds
- guy
- high
- ice
- kinds
- lie
- minds
- my
- nice
- pi
- price
- tie
- try
- twice
- vice
- why
3 syllables
- redefines
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Questions about rhymes for despise
What rhymes with despise?
Common perfect rhymes for despise include advise, applies, arise, implies, replies, supplies, surprise and allies. This page lists 299 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for despise?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of despise but change a consonant. Good ones include arrives, besides, combines, decides, defines and derives.
How many syllables are in despise?
Despise 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.