Words That Rhyme With Themselves
71 rhymes for "themselves" (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
- "themselves" has only a few perfect rhymes (yourselves, shelves, delves and elves), so many writers mix in near rhymes to avoid the obvious pairs.
- For a softer, less predictable sound, try a near rhyme such as compels, cartels and dispels.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like excess, eggshell and redhead carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for themselves (6)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
- yourselves
1 syllable
- shelves
- delves
- elves
- selves
3 syllables
Multisyllable rhymes for themselves (20)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- excess
- eggshell
- redhead
- egghead
- exec
- farewell
- welfare
- deathbed
- headrest
- threadbare
- airfare
- ls
- redneck
- elsewhere
- bedspread
- entrench
- entrenched
- healthcare
3 syllables
- ems
- repairmen
Near rhymes for themselves (45)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- compels
- cartels
- dispels
- excels
- farewells
- gazelles
- hotels
- lapels
- misspells
- motels
- pastels
- propels
- repels
1 syllable
- sells
- spells
- tells
- bells
- cells
- realms
- shells
- smells
- dwells
- elms
- fells
- helms
- swells
- welds
- wells
- yells
- gels
- else
- helps
- twelve
- shelve
- belts
- delve
- elks
- felts
- melts
- pelts
- revs
- delved
- shelved
3 syllables
- overwhelms
- organelles
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Questions about rhymes for themselves
What rhymes with themselves?
Common perfect rhymes for themselves include yourselves, shelves, delves, elves, selves and ourselves. This page lists 71 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for themselves?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of themselves but change a consonant. Good ones include compels, cartels, dispels, excels, farewells and gazelles.
How many syllables are in themselves?
Themselves 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.