Words That Rhyme With Lest
188 rhymes for "lest" (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
- "lest" is easy to rhyme: best, guessed, pressed and rest 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 next, text and fenced.
- Longer rhymes like addressed and expressed let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for lest (68)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
1 syllable
2 syllables
- addressed
- expressed
- protest
- request
- suggest
- arrest
- assessed
- compressed
- congest
- contest
- depressed
- digest
- distressed
- impressed
- invest
- obsessed
- oppressed
- possessed
- progressed
- suppressed
- abreast
- attest
- bequest
- caressed
- confessed
- detest
- digressed
- divest
- finessed
- infest
- ingest
- molest
- northwest
- professed
- recessed
- repressed
- southwest
- transgressed
- undressed
- unrest
3 syllables
- acquiesced
- coalesced
- dispossessed
- unimpressed
- repossessed
Near rhymes for lest (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
2 syllables
- against
- condensed
- commenced
- dispensed
- perplexed
- accept
- affect
- cassette
- collect
- connect
- correct
- detect
- direct
- effect
- elect
- event
- except
- expect
- extent
- forget
- invent
- perfect
- prevent
- protect
- reflect
- regret
- reject
- respect
- select
- subject
- suspect
- upset
- accent
- consent
- indent
- infect
- inject
- inspect
- intent
- neglect
- offset
- percent
- refreshed
- repent
- resent
- reset
- unset
- abet
- adept
- ascent
- assent
- bereft
- beset
- cadet
- cement
- duet
- eject
- erect
- inept
- attempt
4+ syllables
- misrepresent
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Questions about rhymes for lest
What rhymes with lest?
Common perfect rhymes for lest include best, guessed, pressed, rest, test, west, blessed and chest. This page lists 188 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for lest?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of lest but change a consonant. Good ones include next, text, fenced, flexed, sensed and sexed.
How many syllables are in lest?
Lest 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.