Words That Rhyme With Waste
150 rhymes for "waste" (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
- "waste" is easy to rhyme: based, placed, taste and chased 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 ate, date and eight.
- Longer rhymes like replaced and erased let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for waste (30)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
1 syllable
- based
- placed
- taste
- chased
- faced
- paste
- raced
- spaced
- traced
- aced
- baste
- braced
- chaste
- graced
- haste
- laced
- paced
2 syllables
- replaced
- erased
- misplaced
- debased
- defaced
- disgraced
- displaced
- distaste
- embraced
- encased
- foretaste
- retraced
3 syllables
- interlaced
Near rhymes for waste (120)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
- ate
- date
- eight
- fate
- great
- hate
- late
- rate
- saint
- state
- straight
- wait
- weight
- baked
- faint
- gate
- mate
- paint
- plate
- shaped
- ached
- ain't
- bait
- braked
- caked
- caped
- chafed
- crate
- draped
- faked
- feint
- freight
- gait
- grate
- pate
- quaint
- raked
- scraped
- skate
- slate
- spate
- staked
- strait
- taint
- taped
- trait
- bate
- aid
- aimed
- claimed
- dates
- gained
- made
- named
- paid
- played
- raised
- rates
- saved
- states
- stayed
- trained
- waits
2 syllables
- complaint
- constraint
- create
- debate
- relate
- translate
- update
- await
- collate
- dictate
- equate
- escaped
- estate
- irate
- negate
- abate
- acquaint
- deflate
- dilate
- inflate
- innate
- lightweight
- ornate
- restraint
- sedate
- berate
- elate
- postdate
- predate
- restate
- upstate
- afraid
- complained
- contained
- creates
- decade
- displayed
- explained
- maintained
- obtained
- persuade
- relates
- remained
- translates
- updates
3 syllables
- reinstate
- conjugate
- desecrate
- interstate
- overate
- overrate
- overweight
- underrate
- procreate
4+ syllables
- remunerate
- videotaped
- interrelate
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Questions about rhymes for waste
What rhymes with waste?
Common perfect rhymes for waste include based, placed, taste, chased, faced, paste, raced and spaced. This page lists 150 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for waste?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of waste but change a consonant. Good ones include ate, date, eight, fate, great and hate.
How many syllables are in waste?
Waste 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.