Words That Rhyme With Retain
213 rhymes for "retain" (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
- "retain" is easy to rhyme: again, campaign, complain and contain 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 became, proclaim and reclaim.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like retained, attained and detained carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for retain (67)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
1 syllable
3 syllables
- entertain
- ascertain
- inhumane
4+ syllables
- legerdemain
Multisyllable rhymes for retain (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- retained
- attained
- detained
- bloodstain
- contained
- detail
- mistake
- obtained
- today
- update
- dictate
- estate
- intake
- midday
- sustained
- abstained
- disdained
- distaste
- sedate
- someday
- uptake
- bloodstained
- upstate
- complained
- complaint
- debate
- detailed
- brigade
- decay
- entails
- escaped
- negate
- nickname
- truncate
- unchanged
- abate
- debase
- decayed
- afraid
- away
- constraint
- delay
- display
- displayed
- escape
- exchange
- explained
- relate
- remained
- someplace
- misplace
3 syllables
- irritate
- hesitate
- agitate
- amputate
- annotate
- gravitate
- hurricane
- imitate
- meditate
- militate
- levitate
- holiday
- nowadays
- devastate
- reinstate
- cellophane
- inundate
- liquidate
- validates
- complicate
- database
- dedicate
- indicate
- allocate
- compensate
- designate
- dominate
- duplicates
- educate
- fascinate
- nominates
- terminate
- abdicate
- delegate
- disobey
- escapade
- fumigate
- incubate
- irrigate
- medicate
- calculate
- demonstrate
- isolate
- contemplate
4+ syllables
- facilitate
- debilitate
- decapitate
- incapacitate
- necessitate
- precipitate
- regurgitate
- rehabilitate
- resuscitate
- premeditate
- accommodate
- invalidate
- consolidate
- elucidate
- intimidate
- communicate
- investigate
- sophisticate
- anticipate
- concatenate
- discriminate
- eliminate
- interrogate
- originate
- participate
Near rhymes for retain (26)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- became
- proclaim
- reclaim
- rename
- acclaim
- aflame
- defame
- disclaim
- exclaim
- inflame
3 syllables
- overcame
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Questions about rhymes for retain
What rhymes with retain?
Common perfect rhymes for retain include again, campaign, complain, contain, domain, explain, maintain and obtain. This page lists 213 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for retain?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of retain but change a consonant. Good ones include became, proclaim, reclaim, rename, acclaim and aflame.
How many syllables are in retain?
Retain 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.