Words That Rhyme With Leave
131 rhymes for "leave" (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
- "leave" is easy to rhyme: thieve, cleave, eave and eve 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 brief, leaf and beef.
- Longer rhymes like achieve and believe let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for leave (25)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
1 syllable
- thieve
- cleave
- eave
- eve
- grieve
- heave
- peeve
- sleeve
- weave
- we've
3 syllables
- disbelieve
- interweave
- preconceive
Near rhymes for leave (106)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
- brief
- leaf
- beef
- chief
- grief
- thief
- reef
- sheaf
- sheaves
- cease
- ease
- keys
- peace
- piece
- please
- sees
- teeth
- these
- trees
- breathe
- breeze
- cheese
- fees
- frees
- freeze
- knees
- squeeze
- bees
- crease
- fleas
- fleece
- flees
- frieze
- gees
- geese
- grease
- heath
- lease
- leash
- niece
- peas
- pleas
- quays
- quiche
- seas
- seethe
- seize
- sheath
- sheathe
- skis
- sneeze
- sprees
- teas
- tease
- tees
- teethe
- threes
- wheeze
- wreath
- jeez
- pees
2 syllables
3 syllables
- disbelief
- guarantees
- underneath
- disagrees
- expertise
- overseas
- absentees
- appointees
- devotees
- nominees
- referees
- amputees
- guaranties
- potpourris
- retirees
4+ syllables
- aperitif
- recitatives
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Questions about rhymes for leave
What rhymes with leave?
Common perfect rhymes for leave include thieve, cleave, eave, eve, grieve, heave, peeve and sleeve. This page lists 131 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for leave?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of leave but change a consonant. Good ones include brief, leaf, beef, chief, grief and thief.
How many syllables are in leave?
Leave 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.