Words That Rhyme With Return
130 rhymes for "return" (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
- "return" is easy to rhyme: concern, adjourn, discern and upturn 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 confirm, affirm and infirm.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like returned, deter and deterred carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for return (15)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- concern
- adjourn
- discern
- upturn
3 syllables
- unconcern
Multisyllable rhymes for return (104)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- returned
- deter
- deterred
- sunburn
- midterm
- disturb
- disturbed
- inter
- interned
- interred
- concerned
- insert
- occur
- occurred
- reserved
- absurd
- assert
- concur
- deserved
- incur
- incurred
- preserved
- adjourned
- concurred
- dessert
- disburse
- disbursed
- discerned
- disperse
- dispersed
- exert
- inert
- liqueur
- recur
- sunburned
- unearthed
- confirmed
- confirms
- observe
- observed
- prefer
- preferred
- preserve
- refer
- referred
- reserve
- reverse
- alert
- deserve
- emerge
- emerged
- infer
- inverse
- invert
- reversed
- revert
- affirmed
- affirms
- averse
- avert
- confer
- conferred
- conserve
- conserved
- converged
- conversed
- defer
- deferred
- diverge
- immerse
- immersed
- inferred
- submerged
- subvert
- unearth
- unheard
- unnerve
- unnerved
- upsurge
- converge
- submerge
- unfurl
- unfurled
3 syllables
- taciturn
- amateur
- saboteur
- descriptor
- undisturbed
- connoisseur
- disconcert
- hummingbird
- mockingbird
- reimburse
- reimbursed
- unconcerned
- undeserved
- silencer
- cleverer
- universe
- extrovert
- unconfirmed
- needlework
4+ syllables
- restaurateur
- entrepreneur
Near rhymes for return (11)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- confirm
- affirm
- infirm
3 syllables
- reaffirm
- reconfirm
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What rhymes with return?
Common perfect rhymes for return include concern, adjourn, discern, upturn, learn, turn, burn and earn. This page lists 130 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for return?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of return but change a consonant. Good ones include confirm, affirm, infirm, firm, term and worm.
How many syllables are in return?
Return 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.