Words That Rhyme With External
134 rhymes for "external" (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
- "external" is easy to rhyme: internal, eternal, fraternal and maternal 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 thermal, dermal and epidermal.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like returning, liberal and dispersal carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for external (9)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
3 syllables
- internal
- eternal
- fraternal
- maternal
- nocturnal
- paternal
2 syllables
- journal
- kernel
- colonel
Multisyllable rhymes for external (119)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
3 syllables
- returning
- liberal
- dispersal
- internist
- commercial
- concerning
- determine
- determined
- discouraged
- disturbance
- adjourning
- deterring
- disbursement
- discerning
- encircled
- inertial
- infertile
- rehearsal
- reversal
- deterrence
- internment
- confirming
- discourage
- disturbing
- inserted
- inserting
- interpret
- occurring
- uncertain
- asserted
- asserting
- assertion
- converted
- deserted
- deterrent
- imperfect
- incurring
- inertia
- insertion
- inverted
- occurrence
- reverses
- adjournment
- affirming
- aspersion
- assertive
- averted
- concerted
- concurrence
- concurrent
- concurring
- detergent
- disbursing
- dispersing
- dispersion
- disservice
- excursion
- exerted
- exerting
- exertion
- insurgent
- recurrence
- recurrent
- recurring
- reverted
- suburban
- subverted
- unburden
- unburdened
- resurgent
- observing
- preferring
- referring
- reserving
- allergic
- conversion
- converting
- deserving
- emerges
- emerging
- preserving
- reversing
- alerted
- alerting
- aversion
- averting
- conferring
- conserving
- conversant
- conversing
- deferring
- inferring
- observance
- observant
- rehearsing
- reverting
- subversive
- subverting
- traversing
- unearthing
- unnerving
4+ syllables
- universal
- administering
- controversial
- epidermis
- uncontroversial
- hypodermic
- predetermine
- undetermined
- misinterpret
- amateurish
- disconcerting
- manicurist
- reimbursement
- reimburses
- reimbursing
- universes
- extroverted
- inadvertent
Near rhymes for external (6)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- thermal
- dermal
4+ syllables
- epidermal
- geothermal
- hydrothermal
- isothermal
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Questions about rhymes for external
What rhymes with external?
Common perfect rhymes for external include internal, eternal, fraternal, maternal, nocturnal, paternal, journal and kernel. This page lists 134 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for external?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of external but change a consonant. Good ones include thermal, dermal, epidermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and isothermal.
How many syllables are in external?
External 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.