Words That Rhyme With Expect
288 rhymes for "expect" (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
- "expect" is easy to rhyme: affect, collect, connect and correct 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 perplexed, accept and addressed.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like compared, expense and suspends carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for expect (51)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
1 syllable
- checked
- sect
- wrecked
- decked
- necked
- trekked
3 syllables
- incorrect
- disconnect
- indirect
- misdirect
- redirect
- disinfect
- disrespect
- interject
- intersect
- recollect
- reconnect
- reelect
- resurrect
- disaffect
4+ syllables
- interconnect
- overprotect
Multisyllable rhymes for expect (117)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- compared
- expense
- suspends
- compelled
- impaired
- insect
- repaired
- despaired
- dispelled
- dispense
- expelled
- impelled
- misspelled
- propelled
- repelled
- repents
- suspense
- diskettes
- depends
- extends
- subset
- upsets
- compel
- despair
- attests
- avenged
- cadets
- convex
- dispel
- expel
- impel
- incensed
- inlet
- inquest
- intents
- lapel
- misspell
- propel
- rebelled
- repel
- sublet
- sunset
- misstep
- windswept
- again
- attempts
- attends
- compare
- declared
- defense
- events
- express
- intends
- invents
- prevents
- repair
- requests
- success
- suggests
- amends
- ascends
- assess
- cassettes
- commence
- condemn
- condense
- confess
- consents
- defends
- depress
- descends
- distress
- immense
- impair
- impress
- intense
- obsess
- offends
- offense
- oppress
- regrets
- suppress
- upstairs
- infests
- invests
- laments
- nutmeg
- simplex
- affair
- declare
- himself
- itself
- unless
- allege
- possess
3 syllables
- retrospect
- president
- alphabet
- architect
- manifest
- recompense
- snappiest
- dialect
- intellect
- bayonet
- businessmen
- discontents
- dividend
- epithet
- recommends
- represents
- circumvents
- disrepair
4+ syllables
- aftereffect
- overextends
- misrepresents
- nevertheless
Near rhymes for expect (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- perplexed
- accept
- addressed
- cassette
- event
- except
- expressed
- extent
- forget
- invent
- prevent
- regret
- request
- suggest
- upset
- accent
- arrest
- assessed
- compressed
- congest
- consent
- depressed
- digest
- distressed
- impressed
- indent
- intent
- invest
- obsessed
- offset
- oppressed
- percent
- possessed
- progressed
- refreshed
- repent
- resent
- reset
- suppressed
- unset
- abet
- adept
- ascent
- beset
- cadet
- duet
- inept
- against
- attempt
1 syllable
- next
- text
- flexed
- sexed
- vexed
- best
- bet
- cent
- get
- guessed
- kept
- left
- let
- meant
- met
- net
- pressed
- rest
- sent
- set
- spent
- test
- threat
- went
- west
- yet
- bent
- blessed
- chest
- debt
- dressed
- guest
- jest
- jet
- lent
- lest
- messed
- nest
- pet
- quest
- rent
- slept
- stepped
- stressed
- stretched
- sweat
- swept
- theft
- vet
- wet
- cleft
- crept
- crest
- deft
- dent
- fret
- gent
- leapt
- pest
- scent
- tent
- vent
- vest
- wept
- whet
- wrest
- zest
3 syllables
- represent
- cigarette
- underwent
4+ syllables
- misrepresent
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Questions about rhymes for expect
What rhymes with expect?
Common perfect rhymes for expect include affect, collect, connect, correct, detect, direct, effect and elect. This page lists 288 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for expect?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of expect but change a consonant. Good ones include perplexed, accept, addressed, cassette, event and except.
How many syllables are in expect?
Expect 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.