Words That Rhyme With Metal
166 rhymes for "metal" (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
- "metal" has only a few perfect rhymes (settle, kettle, nettle and petal), so many writers mix in near rhymes to avoid the obvious pairs.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as gentle, mental and dental.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like settled, temple and vessel carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for metal (6)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- settle
- kettle
- nettle
- petal
3 syllables
- unsettle
- resettle
Multisyllable rhymes for metal (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- settled
- temple
- vessel
- kennel
- nestle
- nettled
- pretzel
- tremble
- trestle
- wrestle
- central
- level
- several
- special
- devil
- dreadful
- pencil
- threaten
- gentles
- lentils
- rentals
- betting
- careful
- credit
- edit
- getting
- headed
- helpful
- leaded
- letting
- sentence
- setting
- tested
- testing
- delta
- nested
- rested
3 syllables
- assemble
- resemble
- embezzle
- unsettled
- essential
- potential
- successful
- agenda
- orchestral
- regretted
- sequential
- projectiles
- accepted
- accepting
- affected
- affecting
- attempted
- collected
- collecting
- connected
- connecting
- corrected
- correcting
- detected
- detecting
- directed
- directing
- effective
- elected
- electing
- expected
- expecting
- forgetting
- invented
- inventing
- magnetic
- objected
- objecting
- presented
- presenting
- prevented
- preventing
- protected
- protecting
- reflected
- reflecting
- rejected
- rejecting
- requested
- requesting
- selected
- selecting
- suggested
- suggesting
- suspected
- suspecting
- upsetting
- arrested
- congested
- consented
- demented
- excepted
- infected
- inspected
4+ syllables
- governmental
- departmental
- confidential
- differential
- exponential
- influential
- unsuccessful
- continentals
- fundamentals
- incidentals
- instrumentals
- arithmetic
- documented
- implemented
- implementing
- interpreting
- represented
- representing
- oriented
Near rhymes for metal (40)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- gentle
- mental
- dental
- lentil
- rectal
- rental
- pedal
- medal
- meddle
- peddle
- freckle
- heckle
- pebble
- rebel
- treble
- speckle
3 syllables
- parental
- projectile
- judgmental
4+ syllables
- accidental
- experimental
- fundamental
- continental
- environmental
- incidental
- instrumental
- oriental
- sentimental
- coincidental
- detrimental
- elemental
- incremental
- intercontinental
- monumental
- ornamental
- regimental
- temperamental
- transcontinental
- supplemental
- transcendental
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Questions about rhymes for metal
What rhymes with metal?
Common perfect rhymes for metal include settle, kettle, nettle, petal, unsettle and resettle. This page lists 166 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for metal?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of metal but change a consonant. Good ones include gentle, mental, dental, lentil, rectal and rental.
How many syllables are in metal?
Metal 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.