Words That Rhyme With Illegal
131 rhymes for "illegal" (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
- "illegal" has only a few perfect rhymes (legal, eagle, beagle and regal), so many writers mix in near rhymes to avoid the obvious pairs.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as enfeeble, laypeople and varietal.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like deleted, serial and believing carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for illegal (6)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- legal
- eagle
- beagle
- regal
4+ syllables
- paralegal
- extralegal
Multisyllable rhymes for illegal (115)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
3 syllables
- deleted
- serial
- believing
- completed
- deleting
- releases
- deletion
- medieval
- policeman
- relieving
- retrieval
- allegiance
- collegiate
- deceitful
- depleted
- policemen
- polices
- policing
- unequal
- upheaval
- completing
- misleading
- repeated
- cathedral
- competed
- completeness
- completion
- defeated
- exceeded
- idiot
- misreading
- preceded
- proceeded
- proceeding
- succeeded
- amoeba
- conceded
- conceited
- congenial
- critiquing
- depleting
- excreted
- fatiguing
- impeded
- intriguing
- receded
- receding
- seceded
- seceding
- secreted
- unequaled
- unleashes
- unleashing
- unseated
- depletion
- egregious
- mistreated
- subpoena
- unbeaten
- achieving
- agreeing
- agreement
- convenient
- increases
- increasing
- receiving
- repeating
- achievement
- competing
- conceiving
- convenience
- decreases
- decreasing
- defeating
- diseases
- exceeding
- infrequent
- ingenious
- strategic
- succeeding
- anemic
- besieging
- caprices
- conceding
- deceiving
- defeatist
- facetious
- impeaches
- impeaching
- impedance
- impeding
- inbreeding
- indecent
- redeeming
- secretion
- uneven
- unseating
- mistreating
- revealing
- appealing
- concealing
4+ syllables
- disbelieving
- mausoleum
- insidious
- anesthesia
- emphysema
- insignia
- panacea
- guaranteeing
- inconvenience
- disagreeing
- disagreement
- inconvenient
- analgesic
- inconvenienced
Near rhymes for illegal (10)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
3 syllables
- enfeeble
- laypeople
- varietal
2 syllables
- fecal
- people
- feeble
- needle
- beetle
- steeple
- fetal
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Questions about rhymes for illegal
What rhymes with illegal?
Common perfect rhymes for illegal include legal, eagle, beagle, regal, paralegal and extralegal. This page lists 131 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for illegal?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of illegal but change a consonant. Good ones include enfeeble, laypeople, varietal, fecal, people and feeble.
How many syllables are in illegal?
Illegal 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.