Words That Rhyme With State
186 rhymes for "state" (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
- "state" is easy to rhyme: ate, date, eight and fate 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 based, placed and saint.
- Longer rhymes like create and debate let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for state (66)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
1 syllable
2 syllables
3 syllables
- reinstate
- conjugate
- desecrate
- interstate
- overate
- overrate
- overweight
- recreate
- underrate
- procreate
4+ syllables
- remunerate
- interrelate
- recriminate
- demodulate
Near rhymes for state (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
- based
- placed
- saint
- taste
- waste
- baked
- chased
- faced
- faint
- paint
- paste
- raced
- shaped
- spaced
- traced
- aced
- ached
- ain't
- baste
- braced
- braked
- caked
- caped
- chafed
- chaste
- draped
- faked
- feint
- graced
- haste
- laced
- paced
- quaint
- raked
- scraped
- staked
- taint
- taped
- waist
- aid
- day
- gray
- lay
- made
- may
- paid
- pay
- play
- played
- re
- say
- stay
- stayed
- they
- way
- bay
- blade
- gay
- grade
- hay
- hey
- laid
- nay
- pray
- prayed
- raid
- ray
- shade
- spray
- stray
- trade
- tray
- wade
- weigh
- aimed
2 syllables
- complaint
- constraint
- replaced
- erased
- escaped
- misplaced
- acquaint
- debased
- defaced
- disgraced
- displaced
- distaste
- embraced
- encased
- foretaste
- restraint
- retraced
- afraid
- away
- decade
- delay
- display
- displayed
- obey
- persuade
- survey
- today
- arcade
- array
- ballet
- brigade
- convey
- decay
- degrade
- delayed
- essay
- forbade
- invade
- obeyed
- parade
- portray
- portrayed
- upgrade
3 syllables
4+ syllables
- videotaped
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What rhymes with state?
Common perfect rhymes for state include ate, date, eight, fate, great, hate, late and rate. This page lists 186 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for state?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of state but change a consonant. Good ones include based, placed, saint, taste, waste and baked.
How many syllables are in state?
State 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.