Words That Rhyme With Hence
141 rhymes for "hence" (1 syllable): 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
- "hence" is easy to rhyme: sense, dense, fence and pence 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 dents, gents and rents.
- Longer rhymes like defense and expense let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for hence (21)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
1 syllable
- sense
- dense
- fence
- pence
- tense
- whence
- cents
- thence
3 syllables
- commonsense
4+ syllables
- misrepresents
Near rhymes for hence (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
2 syllables
- events
- invents
- prevents
- consents
- percents
- descents
- dissents
- ferments
- intents
- laments
- repents
- resents
- express
- forgets
- success
- unless
- upsets
- assess
- cassettes
- confess
- depress
- distress
- impress
- obsess
- oppress
- possess
- regrets
- resets
- suppress
- brunettes
- cadets
- caress
- convex
- digress
- duets
- finesse
- perplex
- profess
- quartets
- recess
- redress
- repress
- transgress
- undress
- accepts
- affects
- collects
- connects
- corrects
- detects
- directs
- effects
- elects
- expects
- protects
- reflects
- rejects
- requests
- respects
- selects
- suggests
- suspects
3 syllables
- represents
- circumvents
- discontents
- nonetheless
- acquiesce
- cigarettes
- coalesce
- convalesce
- dispossess
- pirouettes
- silhouettes
4+ syllables
- nevertheless
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What rhymes with hence?
Common perfect rhymes for hence include sense, dense, fence, pence, tense, whence, cents and thence. This page lists 141 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for hence?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of hence but change a consonant. Good ones include dents, gents, rents, scents, tenths and tents.
How many syllables are in hence?
Hence has 1 syllable 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.