Words That Rhyme With Surprise
278 rhymes for "surprise" (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
- "surprise" is easy to rhyme: advise, applies, arise and implies 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 arrives, besides and combines.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like surprised, searchlight and arrived carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for surprise (59)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
1 syllable
3 syllables
- underlies
- improvise
- oversize
4+ syllables
- decriminalize
- sensationalize
Multisyllable rhymes for surprise (99)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- surprised
- searchlight
- arrived
- derived
- survived
- worldwide
- surmised
- turnpike
- worthwhile
- erstwhile
- perspire
- turnstile
3 syllables
- enterprise
- advertise
- exercise
- otherwise
- authorize
- overpriced
- standardize
- summarize
- supervise
- butterfly
- firefly
- fraternize
- glamorize
- jeopardize
- memorize
- modernize
- motorize
- pasteurize
- plagiarize
- polarize
- pulverize
- satirize
- terrorize
- theorize
- vaporize
- burglarize
- energize
- mesmerize
- pressurize
- westernize
- authorized
- override
- summarized
- afterlives
- memorized
- motorized
- overwrite
- pasteurized
- plagiarized
- polarized
- pulverized
- terrorized
- theorized
- underwrite
- vaporized
- burglarized
- colorblind
- energized
- mesmerized
- pressurized
- advertised
- borderline
- exercised
- overnight
- standardized
- supervised
- underline
- underlined
- afterlife
- fireside
- intertwine
- intertwined
- jeopardized
- mastermind
- modernized
- oversight
- undermine
- undermined
- underside
- watertight
- riverside
- westernized
- overtime
- motorbike
- wintertime
- summertime
4+ syllables
- computerize
- categorize
- characterize
- familiarize
- popularize
- computerized
- unauthorized
- categorized
- characterized
- familiarized
- popularized
Near rhymes for surprise (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- arrives
- besides
- combines
- decides
- defines
- derives
- describes
- designs
- divides
- inclines
- provides
- sometimes
- survives
- aligns
- assigns
- declines
- deprives
- misguides
- prescribes
- refines
- resides
- resigns
- abides
- ascribes
- asides
- collides
- confides
- derides
- insides
- outsides
- presides
- revives
- advice
- apply
- device
- hereby
- imply
- nearby
- precise
- rely
- reminds
- reply
- suffice
- supply
- thereby
- whereby
1 syllable
- drives
- hides
- lines
- sides
- signs
- times
- climbs
- crimes
- dines
- dives
- fines
- guides
- mines
- primes
- rides
- shines
- slides
- tribes
- wines
- wives
- bribes
- brides
- chides
- chimes
- climes
- dimes
- fives
- gibes
- glides
- grimes
- hives
- jibes
- knives
- limes
- nines
- pines
- prides
- rhymes
- scribes
- shrines
- spines
- strides
- strives
- thrives
- tides
- vines
- whines
- binds
- buy
- by
- cry
- die
- dry
- eye
- finds
- fly
- fry
- grinds
- guy
- high
- ice
- kinds
- lie
- minds
- my
- nice
- pi
- price
- tie
- try
- twice
- vice
- why
3 syllables
- redefines
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Questions about rhymes for surprise
What rhymes with surprise?
Common perfect rhymes for surprise include advise, applies, arise, implies, replies, supplies, allies and comprise. This page lists 278 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for surprise?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of surprise but change a consonant. Good ones include arrives, besides, combines, decides, defines and derives.
How many syllables are in surprise?
Surprise 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.