Words That Rhyme With Unless
289 rhymes for "unless" (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
- "unless" is easy to rhyme: address, excess, express and progress 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 defense, expense and forgets.
- For rap, multisyllable matches like inlet, simplex and misled carry the rhyme across more than one syllable and make a line sound tighter.
Perfect rhymes for unless (49)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
2 syllables
3 syllables
- nonetheless
- acquiesce
- coalesce
- convalesce
- dispossess
- repossess
4+ syllables
- nevertheless
Multisyllable rhymes for unless (120)
The same vowel sounds across the last syllables, the way rap rhymes are stacked.
2 syllables
- inlet
- simplex
- misled
- reflect
- neglect
- unread
- deflect
- molest
- sublet
- unrest
- addressed
- cassette
- collect
- connect
- declare
- declared
- elect
- expressed
- instead
- intend
- regret
- select
- subset
- upset
- allege
- alleged
- assessed
- compressed
- condemned
- condensed
- congest
- consent
- contempt
- contend
- depressed
- distressed
- impressed
- indent
- insect
- intent
- invest
- obsessed
- oppressed
- possessed
- progressed
- suppressed
- unset
- abreast
- attest
- detest
- finessed
- inbred
- incensed
- inept
- quintet
- recessed
- relent
- sunset
- undressed
- unsaid
- affect
- again
- against
- ahead
- attempt
- attend
- depend
- detect
- effect
- event
- except
- extend
- extent
- himself
- invent
- itself
- prevent
- protect
- reject
- request
- respect
- subject
- suggest
- suspect
- suspend
- accent
- ascend
- condemn
- descend
- embed
- exempt
- infect
- inject
- oneself
- resent
- upstairs
- expect
3 syllables
4+ syllables
- misrepresent
Near rhymes for unless (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
2 syllables
- defense
- expense
- forgets
- upsets
- cassettes
- commence
- condense
- immense
- intense
- offense
- regrets
- resets
- brunettes
- cadets
- convex
- dispense
- duets
- incense
- perplex
- pretense
- quartets
- suspense
- diskettes
- execs
- missteps
- accepts
- affects
- collects
- connects
- corrects
- detects
- directs
- effects
- elects
- events
- expects
- invents
- prevents
- protects
- reflects
- rejects
- respects
- selects
- suggests
- suspects
- arrests
- consents
- infects
- inspects
- neglects
- percents
- ejects
- erects
- attempts
1 syllable
3 syllables
- cigarettes
- pirouettes
- silhouettes
- represents
- disconnects
4+ syllables
- misrepresents
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Questions about rhymes for unless
What rhymes with unless?
Common perfect rhymes for unless include address, excess, express, progress, requests, success, assess and compress. This page lists 289 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for unless?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of unless but change a consonant. Good ones include defense, expense, forgets, upsets, cassettes and commence.
How many syllables are in unless?
Unless 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.