Words That Rhyme With Release
154 rhymes for "release" (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
- "release" is easy to rhyme: decrease, increase, police and apiece 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 completes, deletes and repeats.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like released, feces and replete carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for release (18)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
Multisyllable rhymes for release (16)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- released
- feces
- replete
- speedy
- reread
- retrieved
- retreat
- seaweed
- beseech
- piecemeal
- repeals
3 syllables
- unrelieved
- antifreeze
- honeybee
- unredeemed
- multiyear
Near rhymes for release (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
1 syllable
- eats
- keeps
- meets
- seeks
- speaks
- treats
- weeks
- beats
- cheats
- freaks
- heats
- peaks
- seats
- sheets
- sleeps
- sneaks
- streets
- sweeps
- beaks
- beefs
- beets
- briefs
- cheeks
- chiefs
- cleats
- creeks
- creeps
- feats
- fleets
- greets
- heaps
- leafs
- leaks
- leaps
- leeks
- meats
- peeks
- peeps
- pleats
- reaps
- reefs
- reeks
- seeps
- shrieks
- squeaks
- streaks
- suites
- sweets
- teats
- tweaks
- tweets
- weeps
- wreaks
- wreaths
- beeps
- geeks
- be
- ease
- free
- he
- key
- keys
- me
- plea
- please
- see
- sees
- she
- tea
- these
- three
- tree
- trees
- we
- beasts
- breeze
- cheese
- fee
- fees
- frees
- freeze
- knee
- knees
- priests
- sea
- squeeze
- thee
- wee
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Questions about rhymes for release
What rhymes with release?
Common perfect rhymes for release include decrease, increase, police, apiece, caprice, decease, obese and cease. This page lists 154 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for release?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of release but change a consonant. Good ones include completes, deletes, repeats, techniques, beliefs and competes.
How many syllables are in release?
Release 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.