Words That Rhyme With Sense

141 rhymes for "sense" (1 syllable): 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

  • "sense" is easy to rhyme: hence, dense, fence and pence 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 dents, gents and rents.
  • Longer rhymes like defense and expense let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.

Perfect rhymes for sense (21)

The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.

1 syllable

  • hence
  • dense
  • fence
  • pence
  • tense
  • whence
  • cents
  • thence

2 syllables

  • defense
  • expense
  • commence
  • condense
  • immense
  • intense
  • offense
  • dispense
  • incense
  • pretense
  • suspense

3 syllables

  • commonsense

4+ syllables

  • misrepresents

Near rhymes for sense (120)

Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.

1 syllable

  • dents
  • gents
  • rents
  • scents
  • tenths
  • tents
  • vents
  • bets
  • checks
  • gets
  • guess
  • less
  • lets
  • mess
  • press
  • sets
  • sex
  • yes
  • bless
  • chess
  • deaths
  • dress
  • nets
  • steps
  • stress
  • sweats
  • threats
  • wrecks
  • breaths
  • chefs
  • debts
  • decks
  • flecks
  • flex
  • frets
  • jets
  • necks
  • pets
  • specks
  • treks
  • vets
  • vex
  • tests
  • lens
  • pens
  • tens

2 syllables

  • events
  • invents
  • prevents
  • consents
  • percents
  • descents
  • dissents
  • ferments
  • intents
  • laments
  • repents
  • resents
  • express
  • forgets
  • success
  • unless
  • upsets
  • assess
  • cassettes
  • confess
  • depress
  • distress
  • impress
  • obsess
  • oppress
  • possess
  • regrets
  • resets
  • suppress
  • brunettes
  • cadets
  • caress
  • convex
  • digress
  • duets
  • finesse
  • perplex
  • profess
  • quartets
  • recess
  • redress
  • repress
  • transgress
  • undress
  • accepts
  • affects
  • collects
  • connects
  • corrects
  • detects
  • directs
  • effects
  • elects
  • expects
  • protects
  • reflects
  • rejects
  • requests
  • respects
  • selects
  • suggests
  • suspects

3 syllables

  • represents
  • circumvents
  • discontents
  • nonetheless
  • acquiesce
  • cigarettes
  • coalesce
  • convalesce
  • dispossess
  • pirouettes
  • silhouettes

4+ syllables

  • nevertheless

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Questions about rhymes for sense

What rhymes with sense?

Common perfect rhymes for sense include hence, dense, fence, pence, tense, whence, cents and thence. This page lists 141 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.

What is a near rhyme for sense?

Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of sense but change a consonant. Good ones include dents, gents, rents, scents, tenths and tents.

How many syllables are in sense?

Sense has 1 syllable 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.