Words That Rhyme With Merit
161 rhymes for "merit" (2 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
- "merit" is easy to rhyme: carrot, parrot, beret and carat 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 parent, fairest and rarest.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like desperate, marriage and heron carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for merit (10)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- carrot
- parrot
- beret
- carat
- ferret
- garret
- karat
3 syllables
- inherit
- demerit
- disparate
Multisyllable rhymes for merit (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- desperate
- marriage
- heron
- temperate
- terrace
- heiress
- bearing
- extra
- sharing
- wearing
- careless
- caring
- daring
- haircut
- herring
- parents
- scaring
- squaring
- staring
- sterile
- swearing
- tearing
- thereof
- airing
- airstrip
- baring
- blaring
- cherish
- cherubs
- clerics
- entrant
- errands
- erring
- flaring
- garish
- glaring
- harem
- haring
- herald
- larynx
- pairing
- paring
- pellet
- perish
- sheriff
- snaring
- sparing
- spectra
- spendthrift
- tariff
- credit
- edit
- entrance
- pleasant
- present
- brethren
- chestnut
- exit
- helmet
- wretched
- chairman
- ended
- headed
- leaded
- mentioned
- method
- several
- tested
3 syllables
- grandparent
- embarrass
- disparage
- miscarriage
- remarriage
- comparing
- declaring
- developed
- preparing
- impairing
- repairing
- forbearance
- generics
- hysterics
- imperiled
- develop
- electric
- unpleasant
- eccentric
- umbrella
- accepted
- affected
- attempted
- attended
- collected
- connected
- corrected
- depended
- detected
- directed
- elected
- expected
- extended
- intended
- invented
- objected
- presented
- prevented
- protected
- reflected
- rejected
- requested
- selected
- suggested
- suspected
- suspended
4+ syllables
- intermarriage
- independent
- documented
- implemented
- recommended
- represented
Near rhymes for merit (31)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- parent
- fairest
- rarest
- barest
- cherished
- errant
- merest
- perished
- terraced
- era
- errand
- gerund
- metric
- cherub
- cleric
- derrick
3 syllables
- apparent
- embarrassed
- transparent
- mascara
- sierra
- disparaged
- generic
- numeric
- symmetric
- hysteric
4+ syllables
- atmospheric
- esoteric
- alphanumeric
- geometric
- barometric
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Questions about rhymes for merit
What rhymes with merit?
Common perfect rhymes for merit include carrot, parrot, beret, carat, ferret, garret, karat and inherit. This page lists 161 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for merit?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of merit but change a consonant. Good ones include parent, fairest, rarest, barest, cherished and errant.
How many syllables are in merit?
Merit has 2 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.