Words That Rhyme With Ready
146 rhymes for "ready" (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
- "ready" has only a few perfect rhymes (steady, eddy, heady and already), so many writers mix in near rhymes to avoid the obvious pairs.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as trendy, petty and yeti.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like any, empty and many carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for ready (5)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- steady
- eddy
- heady
3 syllables
- already
- unsteady
Multisyllable rhymes for ready (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- any
- empty
- many
- messy
- deadly
- penny
- dressy
- edgy
- medley
- pesky
- sketchy
- veggie
- friendly
- heavy
- emptied
- envy
- gently
- jelly
- lengthy
- sexy
- smelly
- belly
- deftly
- deli
- densely
- fleshy
- frenzied
- frenzy
- freshly
- levee
- levy
- emcee
- bury
- entry
- fairly
- healthy
- marry
- rarely
- vary
- very
- barely
- fairy
- hairy
- merry
- scarcely
- wary
- wealthy
- airy
- belfry
- berry
- carefree
- cherry
- dairy
- ferry
- gentry
- harry
- levied
- petites
- prairie
- scary
- sentry
- sherry
- spreadsheet
- squarely
- tarry
- buried
- varied
- married
3 syllables
- antennae
- assembly
- correctly
- directly
- especially
- immensely
- intensely
- unfriendly
- expressly
- intently
- primary
- unhealthy
- canary
- unfairly
- unwary
4+ syllables
- inconsistencies
- incorrectly
- indirectly
- epilepsy
- apoplexy
- residencies
- arbitrary
- dictionary
- military
- necessary
- ordinary
- secondary
- secretary
- temporary
- unnecessary
- commentary
- complementary
- contemporary
- customary
- disciplinary
- elementary
- evolutionary
- extraordinary
- honorary
- imaginary
- legendary
- literary
- planetary
- preliminary
- proprietary
- reactionary
- revolutionary
- stationary
- subsidiary
- vocabulary
- actuary
- dietary
Near rhymes for ready (21)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
3 syllables
- confetti
- machete
- machetes
- spaghetti
4+ syllables
- cognoscenti
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Questions about rhymes for ready
What rhymes with ready?
Common perfect rhymes for ready include steady, eddy, heady, already and unsteady. This page lists 146 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for ready?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of ready but change a consonant. Good ones include trendy, petty, yeti, jetty, readied and steadied.
How many syllables are in ready?
Ready 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.