Words That Rhyme With Portray

219 rhymes for "portray" (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

  • "portray" is easy to rhyme: away, delay, display and obey 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 afraid, create and debate.
  • For rap, multisyllable matches like foreplay, horseplay and mores carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.

Perfect rhymes for portray (82)

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

2 syllables

1 syllable

3 syllables

  • everyday
  • cabaret
  • disarray
  • disobey
  • faraway
  • gaudier
  • baa
  • underpay

4+ syllables

  • communique
  • cabriolet

Multisyllable rhymes for portray (17)

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

2 syllables

  • foreplay
  • horseplay
  • mores
  • doorway
  • foretaste
  • forsake
  • hallway
  • ordain
  • shortchange
  • shortchanged
  • shortwave
  • always
  • causeways
  • offstage
  • ordained

3 syllables

  • preordain
  • preordained

Near rhymes for portray (120)

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

1 syllable

3 syllables

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What rhymes with portray?

Common perfect rhymes for portray include away, delay, display, obey, survey, today, array and ballet. This page lists 219 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.

What is a near rhyme for portray?

Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of portray but change a consonant. Good ones include afraid, create, debate, decade, displayed and persuade.

How many syllables are in portray?

Portray 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.