Words That Rhyme With Obtain

213 rhymes for "obtain" (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

  • "obtain" is easy to rhyme: again, campaign, complain and contain 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 became, proclaim and reclaim.
  • For rap, multisyllable matches like obtained, abstained and bloodstain carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.

Perfect rhymes for obtain (67)

The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.

1 syllable

3 syllables

4+ syllables

  • legerdemain

Multisyllable rhymes for obtain (120)

The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.

2 syllables

3 syllables

  • hurricane
  • database
  • holiday
  • irritate
  • nowadays
  • devastate
  • hesitate
  • reinstate
  • agitate
  • amputate
  • annotate
  • cellophane
  • disobey
  • gravitate
  • imitate
  • incubate
  • inundate
  • liquidate
  • meditate
  • militate
  • levitate
  • complicate
  • dedicate
  • indicate
  • allocate
  • compensate
  • designate
  • dominate
  • duplicates
  • educate
  • fascinate
  • terminate
  • validates
  • calculate
  • demonstrate
  • isolate
  • celebrate
  • contemplate
  • nominates
  • unexplained

4+ syllables

  • accommodate
  • facilitate
  • invalidate
  • consolidate
  • debilitate
  • decapitate
  • elucidate
  • incapacitate
  • intimidate
  • necessitate
  • precipitate
  • regurgitate
  • rehabilitate
  • resuscitate
  • premeditate
  • communicate
  • investigate
  • sophisticate
  • anticipate
  • concatenate
  • discriminate
  • eliminate
  • interrogate
  • originate
  • participate

Near rhymes for obtain (26)

Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.

2 syllables

  • became
  • proclaim
  • reclaim
  • rename
  • acclaim
  • aflame
  • defame
  • disclaim
  • exclaim
  • inflame

3 syllables

  • overcame

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Questions about rhymes for obtain

What rhymes with obtain?

Common perfect rhymes for obtain include again, campaign, complain, contain, domain, explain, maintain and remain. This page lists 213 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.

What is a near rhyme for obtain?

Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of obtain but change a consonant. Good ones include became, proclaim, reclaim, rename, acclaim and aflame.

How many syllables are in obtain?

Obtain 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.