Words That Rhyme With Destroy
46 rhymes for "destroy" (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
- "destroy" is easy to rhyme: annoy, enjoy, employ and ahoy 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 annoyed, avoid and destroyed.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like busboy, adjoin and disjoint carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for destroy (12)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
3 syllables
- redeploy
Multisyllable rhymes for destroy (13)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- busboy
- adjoin
- disjoint
- rejoiced
- avoids
- appoint
- anoint
- invoiced
- pinpoint
- gunpoint
3 syllables
- celluloid
- paranoid
- disappoint
Near rhymes for destroy (21)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- annoyed
- avoid
- destroyed
- devoid
- employed
- enjoyed
- adroit
- rejoice
- deployed
- steroid
1 syllable
- choice
- noise
- voice
- void
- poise
- toyed
3 syllables
- unemployed
- overjoyed
- maladroit
- redeployed
4+ syllables
- underemployed
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What rhymes with destroy?
Common perfect rhymes for destroy include annoy, enjoy, employ, ahoy, decoy, deploy, boy and joy. This page lists 46 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for destroy?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of destroy but change a consonant. Good ones include annoyed, avoid, destroyed, devoid, employed and enjoyed.
How many syllables are in destroy?
Destroy 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.