Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word criticize.This is ordered by best match. Changing color means the start of the next best set of words.
2 syllable words
3 syllable words
4 syllable words
Near RhymesHere is a list of the words that nearly rhyme with the word criticize.
2 syllable words

advise

allies

allys

antis

applies

apprise

british

artists

artsy

bigeyes

baptize

arise

barites

berets

bridges

artist

birdseed

birdcage

bordeaux

bridgehead

bridgetown

bridesmaid

bridesmaids

bridegroom

awards

broadside

broadsword

broadcast

broadcasts

brutish

buckeyes

capsize

carats

chartists

chartist

charades

complies

chastise

clockwise

comprise

carrots

cohorts

cordage

cortex

courthouse

courtship

corrodes

critics

critic

critique

cortege

creates

critiques

cowards

crosswise

croats

crutches

decries

disguise

defies

demise

denies

devise

despise

derides

curtsy

druids

earthquake

edgewise

earthquakes

dredges

earthstar

emprise

excise

erodes

farthest

foretaste

foreheads

diehards

foretastes

forties

forethought

fortes

franchise

fridges

full-size

gadflies

furthest

fridays

garrets

ferrets

greatest

grotesque

grudges

hardships

hardship

gyrates

hartshorn

guardsman

heartache

implies

keywords

kurdish

lengthwise

likewise

lordship

merits

mortgage

mortgaged

outcries

northwest

northeast

nordic

parades

parrots

partake

narrates

parties

pirates

portage

porridge

predict

pretext

pretties

predicts

pretzel

pretzels

produce

product

products

protect

protest

protects

protests

replies

rabbis

prudish

redeyes

relies

reprise

revise

rewards

rewrites

scratches

scratching

scratchy

sidewise

shortstop

shortcake

shortage

supplies

surprise

surmise

surtax

thirties

tarots

tirades

tortoise

towards

treaties

treatise

trudges

triads

tryouts

turrets

unwise

uprise

verdict

vertex

verdicts

virtues

vortex

worthies

wretched

yardage

yardstick

yardsticks

3 syllable words

anglicize

aggrandize

agonize

alibis

advertise

amortize

analyze

amplifies

aortic

articles

article

artichoke

artichokes

artisan

artisans

artistry

authorize

balkanize

berettas

artesian

brutalize

broadcasting

broadcasters

broadcaster

itemize

canonize

butterflies

cardigans

cardigan

cardiac

catalyze

certifies

centralize

cauterize

charities

chariots

civilize

carbonize

clarifies

circumcise

christianize

classifies

codifies

colonize

cartesian

compromise

courtesies

courtesy

cortical

cortisol

cortisone

cowardice

critical

crotchety

justifies

burritos

customize

demonize

deputize

digitize

dramatize

drudgery

emphasize

ghettoize

energize

enterprise

enfranchise

exercise

erotic

erratic

eulogize

equalize

fertilize

fireflies

finalize

fossilize

formalize

forthcoming

fraternize

galvanize

glorifies

gratifies

grotesquely

grudgingly

harmonize

hardcovers

hardcover

hellenize

heretic

heretics

heritage

idolize

idealize

hypnotize

improvise

humanize

hybridize

ionize

jeopardize

crystallize

lullabies

mechanize

legalize

lionize

localize

magnifies

maximize

memorize

merchandise

mesmerize

minimize

misapplies

modernize

monetize

mobilize

modifies

motorize

moralize

mortgages

multiplies

mystifies

neritic

neutralize

notifies

neurotic

nullifies

optimize

ostracize

oversize

paradigm

normalize

occupies

orthoclase

northeastern

northwestern

paradigms

otherwise

paralyze

paradise

parities

oxidize

paradox

parodist

organize

parodies

prophesies

protection

particles

particle

penalize

partisans

patronize

partisan

pasteurize

periods

pluralize

plagiarize

pirouettes

predestine

polarize

portuguese

portico

predicate

predictions

predictors

predispose

prediction

predictor

pressurize

predictive

productions

prodigal

produces

production

producers

prodigies

producer

prodigy

productive

predicates

protections

rectifies

realize

protectors

protector

protestants

protective

laureates

protester

protesters

protestant

protocol

ratifies

pulverize

rarities

qualifies

randomize

recognize

protocols

scrutinize

signifies

rubberize

satirize

rhapsodize

samurais

scandalize

simplifies

sensitize

shortages

shortcomings

shortsighted

shortcoming

socialize

specialize

specifies

subsidize

sterilize

stigmatize

standardize

summarize

supervise

symbolize

surtaxes

sympathize

synchronize

tantalize

terrifies

tortoises

temporize

terrorize

theorize

testifies

treatises

typifies

vertices

utilize

verifies

womanize

vertical

verities

vertically

vaporize

verbalize

vertigo

visualize

urbanize

vocalize

wretchedly

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Words that rhyme with the word criticize

Welcome to the Rhyme Finder! This rhyming dictionary allows users to explore rhymes for any given word. This includes rhymes based on syllables, near rhymes, and more.


How to use the rhyming dictionary

Enter your "starter" word in the FIND RHYMES input box, and click search. It's really that simple! We separate perfect rhymes (near the top) from the imperfect rhymes (toward the bottom). In your rhyming results, colors descend based on the best rhyme. Once the color changes, you will notice the results reset back into alphabetical order. Click on any of the results for the word's definition, part of speech, use in Scrabble, and more. Please note that many of our results are proper nound or slang. While we may not store definitions for all of these words, we can direct you to the Google results for that word.


Perfect Rhymes

Perfect rhymes are just what they sound like. No pun intended! Think of perfect rhymes as words which definitively rhyme. Words that most people would not question. Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Hat
  • Head and Red
  • Egg and Beg
  • Soap and Hope
  • True and Blue

Imperfect Rhymes

Near rhymes, otherwise known as imperfect rhymes, are words that sound the same but are not perfect rhymes. Having trouble deciding if a word is a perfect or imperfect rhyme? Here are some examples:

  • Cat and Bad
  • Head and Mud
  • Egg and Peck
  • Soap and Chap
  • True and Cure

Using Rhymes

Rhymes are most useful in creating lyrics, but they can also be used as a tool to memorize. It is a powerful mnemonic device. This is why song lyrics can be so easy to remember! It's also why rhymes are a great study tool for memorizing! Use this tool to help write poetry, win rhyme games, write a rap song, create lyrics, and expand your vocabulary! Rhyming is very important in music because it creates a rhythm that further creates meaning, emotion, and feeling. It also creates an echo in the lyrics. With children, rhyming is a very important tool. Rhyming teaches children how language works, helps them understand the rhythm of language, and learn how to make predictions. In other words, rhymes teach children phrases to anticipate and rhymes enhance their memory. Within all contexts, rhyming is helpful in expanding your imagination no matter if you’re a child or an adult.

When creating lyrics, there are five types of rhymes to choose from.

  • End rhymes: rhyming of the final word of a line
  • Internal rhymes: rhyming of two words within the same line
  • Slant rhymes: near rhymes
  • Identical rhymes: use the same word at the end of each line
  • Eye rhymes: look like they rhyme but sound different

Different Types of Rhymes
  • Mascline rhymes: have a stressed syllable
  • Feminine rhymes: have a stressless syllable.

Ready for a challenge? Try to come up with rhymes for these surprising words that just aren’t very rhymy. Check them with our dictionary! Examples of tough rhymes:

  • Month
  • Silver
  • Bulb
  • Wolf
  • Husband
  • Walrus
  • Orange

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