Words That Rhyme With Prevent
285 rhymes for "prevent" (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
- "prevent" is easy to rhyme: content, event, extent and invent 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 against, condensed and commenced.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like avenge, affects and defense carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for prevent (45)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
3 syllables
- represent
- supplement
- underwent
- circumvent
- discontent
- nonevent
- reinvent
4+ syllables
- misrepresent
Multisyllable rhymes for prevent (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- avenge
- affects
- defense
- effects
- subset
- cassettes
- defends
- insect
- offends
- offense
- bloodshed
- convex
- incensed
- invests
- profess
- sunset
- skinhead
- depends
- expense
- respects
- success
- suspects
- suspends
- upsets
- amends
- ascends
- assess
- commence
- confess
- descends
- immense
- infects
- obsess
- possess
- repaired
- befell
- commends
- dispense
- excelled
- exempts
- gunmen
- incense
- infests
- inlet
- inquest
- nutmeg
- propelled
- rebelled
- recess
- repelled
- spearhead
- sublet
- suspense
- upheld
- withheld
- windswept
- affair
- again
- attempts
- attends
- compared
- connects
- declared
- detects
- expects
- extends
- himself
- intends
- itself
- protects
- reflects
- rejects
- repair
- requests
- suggests
- unless
- compel
- compelled
- condense
- depress
- impaired
- inspects
- intense
- neglects
- oneself
- oppress
- regrets
- suppress
- unfair
- cadets
- aware
- collects
- compare
- elects
- express
- selects
- impress
3 syllables
- epithet
- manifest
- president
- alphabet
- architect
- bayonet
- retrospect
- snappiest
- recommends
- dialect
- intellect
- businessmen
- dispossess
- disrespects
- dividend
- recompense
- repossess
- unisex
- disconnects
- silhouettes
- unaware
4+ syllables
- aftereffect
- nevertheless
Near rhymes for prevent (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- against
- condensed
- commenced
- dispensed
- entrenched
- accept
- addressed
- affect
- cassette
- collect
- connect
- correct
- detect
- direct
- effect
- elect
- except
- expect
- expressed
- forget
- perfect
- protect
- reflect
- regret
- reject
- request
- respect
- select
- subject
- suggest
- suspect
- upset
- arrest
- assessed
- compressed
- congest
- depressed
- digest
- distressed
- impressed
- infect
- inject
- inspect
- invest
- neglect
- obsessed
- offset
- oppressed
- possessed
- progressed
- refreshed
- reset
- suppressed
- unset
- attempt
- attend
- depend
- extend
- intend
- suspend
1 syllable
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What rhymes with prevent?
Common perfect rhymes for prevent include content, event, extent, invent, present, accent, consent and indent. This page lists 285 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for prevent?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of prevent but change a consonant. Good ones include against, condensed, commenced, dispensed, entrenched and accept.
How many syllables are in prevent?
Prevent 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.