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

abatement

abandoned

abandons

aberrant

abhorrent

absorbent

abridgement

abstinent

abounding

advisement

abundance

abundant

adherent

accident

adjacent

accountant

achievement

adjutant

adornment

adjustment

advancement

adamant

adjournment

afferent

affiant

affluent

agreement

alignment

allotment

amazement

ambient

amendment

amusement

announcement

annulment

appeasement

apparent

apartment

applicant

appointee

appointed

appointees

appendage

appointive

appendix

appointment

appointments

arraignment

argument

armament

arrangement

arrogant

assignment

assailant

attainment

attachment

assistant

assortment

ascendant

assessment

atonement

aspirant

astringent

attendant

banishment

avant-garde

battlefront

bereavement

betterment

blandishment

battlement

cabinet

bombardment

cabinets

cavendish

celebrant

clairvoyant

combatant

coherent

commandment

commencement

complacent

chippendales

commitment

cognizant

compartment

complainant

complaisant

confinement

compliant

consignment

confident

concurrent

concealment

confluent

consultant

component

comportment

consequent

complement

consistent

condiment

consonant

containment

contestant

chippendale

contentment

continent

contingent

convenient

debarment

decadent

conversant

convergent

cormorant

coventry

crosscurrent

covenant

decedent

deficient

curtailment

definite

debasement

defendant

defendants

declarant

defender

defenders

debenture

debentures

delinquent

deployment

derailment

depressant

descendant

detachment

dependent

deportment

dependence

descendent

dependents

despondent

detergent

determent

deterrent

deviant

deviants

department

detriment

diligent

disbarment

discernment

disbursement

discordant

disgorgement

efferent

efficient

displacement

divalent

dominant

divergent

divestment

effluent

elegant

element

eloquent

elephant

embankment

enrichment

eminent

emergent

embayment

emigrant

emplacement

employment

endowment

enactment

endearment

endorsement

enforcement

enjoyment

enchantment

engagement

engrossment

evident

enhancement

enlargement

excitement

enlistment

enslavement

enrollment

encroachment

enticement

entombment

escapement

equipment

esculent

escarpment

estrangement

eventful

entrenchment

excellent

excrement

exigent

existent

expectant

exultant

fabricant

exponent

flamboyant

flatulent

fluorescent

fraudulent

fulfillment

government

garnishment

gradient

indolent

harassment

hypnotist

hypnotists

hypnotic

hypnotize

hypnotics

ignorant

immigrant

impotent

impatient

implement

important

impeachment

impairment

imprudent

impressment

improvement

incident

incitement

incessant

incumbent

indecent

increment

indictment

indifferent

indulgent

informant

indigent

inclement

indignant

inducement

miscreant

infrequent

insolent

inhalant

inpatient

inherent

insolvent

insistent

infringement

insouciant

instrument

insurgent

involvement

internment

investment

jubilant

abandon

lenient

malignant

lieutenant

lavender

litigant

management

lubricant

maltreatment

measurement

misstatement

nourishment

misjudgment

mistreatment

negligent

monument

nonpayment

nepenthe

newfoundland

nutrient

odorant

observant

occupant

seventy

oceanfront

offender

omniscient

opponent

operant

opulent

ornament

permanent

persistent

orpiment

petulant

precedent

prepayment

prescient

prevalent

president

presentment

procurement

puzzlement

proficient

prominent

proponent

prurient

provident

punishment

prejudgment

purulent

pronouncement

pursuant

protestant

quiescent

radiant

reappoint

redolent

reagent

parliament

offenders

recurrent

redundant

refreshment

recruitment

postponement

reluctant

relevant

regiment

registrant

repayment

repellent

refunders

repentant

repentance

replacement

seventies

requirement

repugnant

resilient

resonant

resistant

resident

resentment

resplendent

respondent

resultant

reverent

reticent

rudiment

ruminant

retrenchment

sacrament

resurgent

sediment

salient

sentiment

settlement

seventeen

seventeens

seventeenth

hesitant

tenement

stimulant

sufficient

subsequent

supplement

supplicant

tournament

variant

temperament

tolerant

transcendent

truculent

translucent

triumphant

turbulent

transparent

unpleasant

vigilant

testament

vehement

violent

somnolent

wonderment

4 syllable words

abandonment

abandonments

abundantly

accompaniment

accoutrement

acquiescent

adolescent

acknowledgement

accomplishment

advertisement

affinity

aggrandizement

ambivalent

antecedent

appendages

appendixes

apportionment

affinities

astonishment

belligerent

benevolent

beneficent

bewilderment

coincident

coefficient

concomitant

constituent

convalescent

correspondent

defamation

definitely

definition

definitive

definitions

deodorant

dependency

dependencies

dependable

determinant

development

disagreement

disappointment

disarmament

diminishment

discouragement

disenchantment

disengagement

disinfectant

divinity

divination

divinities

effervescent

embarrassment

embodiment

embezzlement

embellishment

dismemberment

enlightenment

encouragement

entitlement

entanglement

entertainment

environment

equivalent

evanescent

establishment

eventual

endangerment

exorbitant

expedient

exuberant

experiment

extravagant

extinguishment

grandiloquent

hyphenated

hypnotism

hypnotizes

impediment

impertinent

impoverishment

inadvertent

inconvenient

incandescent

incompetent

incontinent

inconsistent

incoherent

inefficient

independent

ingredient

inhabitant

incipient

insufficient

intelligent

intercurrent

integument

intermittent

intolerant

invariant

iridescent

irreverent

intransigent

itinerant

magnificent

luxuriant

luminescent

malevolent

mismanagement

misgovernment

monovalent

nonresident

noncombatant

nonexistent

nonviolent

obedient

expectorant

obsolescent

reassignment

omnipotent

omnipresent

recalcitrant

recipient

percipient

predicament

predominant

preeminent

readjustment

reappointment

reassessment

participant

reenactment

overstatement

refrigerant

reinforcement

reinstatement

reimbursement

reminiscent

reinvestment

resettlement

retirement

rearrangement

replenishment

self-confident

self-government

self-sufficient

self-consistent

seventieth

significant

subservient

tetravalent

unemployment

undercurrent

understatement

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word defiant

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
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  • Bulb
  • Wolf
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