Words That Rhyme With Worst
136 rhymes for "worst" (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
- "worst" is easy to rhyme: first, burst, thirst and cursed 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 searched, worked and burnt.
- Longer rhymes like reversed and coerced let you end a line on a stronger, more surprising word.
Perfect rhymes for worst (19)
The same sound from the last stressed vowel to the end.
1 syllable
- first
- burst
- thirst
- cursed
- nursed
- pursed
- versed
2 syllables
- reversed
- coerced
- conversed
- disbursed
- dispersed
- headfirst
- immersed
- rehearsed
- traversed
3 syllables
- interspersed
- reimbursed
- unrehearsed
Near rhymes for worst (117)
Slant rhymes: the same vowel sound with a different consonant.
1 syllable
- searched
- worked
- burnt
- dirt
- hurt
- lurked
- shirt
- skirt
- blurt
- curt
- flirt
- irked
- jerked
- lurched
- perched
- perked
- pert
- shirked
- spurt
- squirt
- surfed
- heard
- learned
- served
- third
- turned
- word
- bird
- burned
- earned
- herd
- hurts
- merged
- stirred
- termed
- urged
- blurred
- blurts
- churned
- curbed
- curd
- curved
- firmed
- flirts
- purged
- scourged
- shirts
- skirts
- slurred
- splurged
- spurned
- spurred
- spurts
- squirts
- surged
- swerved
- yearned
2 syllables
- insert
- alert
- assert
- divert
- invert
- revert
- avert
- dessert
- exert
- inert
- overt
- researched
- subvert
- unearthed
- usurped
- reworked
- concerned
- confirmed
- disturbed
- inserts
- observed
- occurred
- preferred
- referred
- reserved
- returned
- transferred
- absurd
- asserts
- deserved
- diverts
- emerged
- incurred
- preserved
- adjourned
- affirmed
- alerts
- averts
- concurred
- conferred
- conserved
- converged
- deferred
- desserts
- deterred
- discerned
- diverged
- exerts
- inferred
- interred
- perturbed
- recurred
- reverts
- submerged
- subverts
- unheard
- unnerved
3 syllables
- disconcert
- overworked
- overheard
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Questions about rhymes for worst
What rhymes with worst?
Common perfect rhymes for worst include first, burst, thirst, cursed, nursed, pursed, versed and reversed. This page lists 136 rhymes in total, including near and multisyllable rhymes.
What is a near rhyme for worst?
Near rhymes, also called slant rhymes, keep the vowel sound of worst but change a consonant. Good ones include searched, worked, burnt, dirt, hurt and lurked.
How many syllables are in worst?
Worst 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.