Words That Rhyme With Religious
160 rhymes for "religious" (3 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
- "religious" has only a few perfect rhymes (prestigious, prodigious, litigious and nonreligious), so many writers mix in near rhymes to avoid the obvious pairs.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as abridges, astringents and contingents.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like religion, delicious and malicious carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for religious (5)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
3 syllables
- prestigious
- prodigious
- litigious
4+ syllables
- nonreligious
- semireligious
Multisyllable rhymes for religious (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
3 syllables
- religion
- delicious
- malicious
- militia
- collision
- elicit
- illicit
- solicit
- assistance
- conflicted
- implicit
- insistence
- resistance
- suspicious
- afflicted
- affliction
- belittle
- belittled
- capricious
- eclipses
- fictitious
- malignant
- relinquish
- ballistic
- addition
- admitted
- appearance
- assistant
- commission
- condition
- consistent
- convinces
- decision
- description
- distinction
- distinguish
- division
- edition
- efficient
- existed
- existing
- explicit
- initial
- insisted
- insisting
- position
- statistic
- submitted
- submitting
- sufficient
- suspicion
- addicted
- addictive
- assisted
- conflicting
- descriptive
- exhibit
- positioned
- predicted
- simplistic
- tradition
- official
- specific
4+ syllables
- abolition
- analytic
- coalition
- demolition
- paralytic
- violinist
- capitalism
- idealistic
- realistic
- socialism
- cannibalism
- commercialism
- dualism
- evangelism
- fatalistic
- federalism
- feudalism
- fundamentalism
- imperialism
- individualism
- journalism
- legalistic
- liberalism
- materialism
- materialistic
- metabolism
- minimalism
- monolithic
- nationalism
- nationalistic
- paternalism
- probabilistic
- repetitious
- sensationalism
- surreptitious
- symbolism
- apocalyptic
- individualistic
- moralistic
- paternalistic
- competition
- composition
- definition
- inconsistent
- opposition
- recognition
- television
- acquisition
- contradicted
- contradiction
- disposition
- expedition
- mathematician
- politician
- proposition
- repetition
- criticism
Near rhymes for religious (35)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
3 syllables
- abridges
- astringents
- contingents
- enriches
- impinges
- infringes
- syringes
- religions
2 syllables
- digits
- switches
- bridges
- britches
- cringes
- ditches
- fringes
- hinges
- hitches
- itches
- niches
- pitches
- riches
- ridges
- stitches
- twitches
- witches
- binges
- fridges
- glitches
- inches
- clinches
- finches
- kitchens
- pigeons
- lynchings
- mischief
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Questions about rhymes for religious
What rhymes with religious?
Common perfect rhymes for religious include prestigious, prodigious, litigious, nonreligious and semireligious. This page lists 160 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for religious?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of religious but change a consonant. Good ones include abridges, astringents, contingents, enriches, impinges and infringes.
How many syllables are in religious?
Religious has 3 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.