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

absent

accent

accents

account

accounts

acquaint

affront

ailment

agent

agents

ancient

ardent

arrant

ascend

assent

ashamed

assumed

basement

backhand

besant

bismuth

bookend

blatant

bookends

brilliant

ascent

clement

catchment

claimant

checkmate

checkmates

cogent

client

confront

constant

buoyant

entrant

ascends

convent

coolant

cr.

crescent

covent

current

cushioned

decent

decant

descend

descends

descent

descents

discount

discounts

dissent

disowned

disjoint

dissents

distant

docent

docents

dormant

easement

doughnut

doughnuts

durant

courant

errant

extant

fashioned

fervent

flippant

frequent

forefront

flagrant

fragment

fragrant

fluent

foxhound

garment

giant

ignite

hydrant

ignites

gallant

infant

instant

judgment

lakefront

legend

legends

latent

jacinth

kismet

kismets

lignite

loosened

lucent

magnate

magnet

locksmith

manhunt

merchant

magnets

migrant

miscount

mismatched

mismatch

mordant

nascent

movement

moment

ointment

pageant

pageants

peasant

magnates

parent

patent

patient

pavement

pedant

penchant

peasants

payment

pennant

pheasant

pigment

pheasants

placement

piquant

potent

pleasant

pliant

pregnant

poignant

present

pungent

parchment

prudent

provant

quadrant

quicksands

quotient

rampant

recent

quicksand

recount

recant

recounts

regent

regents

remnant

rescinds

rescind

resend

resent

resents

resound

rodent

second

segment

seconds

sequent

shipment

stringent

sergeant

stagnant

signet

strident

solvent

statement

silent

student

serpent

servant

tenant

tangent

thousandths

thousandth

transient

talent

torrent

thousand

trenchant

thousands

treatment

trident

tyrant

truant

urgent

vacant

viscount

verdant

vagrant

valiant

vibrant

vignette

vignettes

viscounts

warrant

wizened

3 syllable words

aberrant

abatement

abstinent

absorbent

abridgement

acantha

accenting

accented

abhorrent

accident

accountants

acquaintance

accountant

achievement

adherent

adamant

acquainted

adjacent

agendas

adornment

advisement

afferent

advancement

affiant

agenda

affluent

alignment

agreement

allotment

alliant

amazement

apparent

adjutant

arraignment

amusement

annulment

announcement

ambient

appeasement

apartment

appointment

applicant

armament

argument

arrangement

arrogant

adjournment

adjustment

assignment

assailant

astringent

assistant

aspirant

assortment

atonement

attainment

asunder

attachment

banishment

battlefront

battlement

backhanded

betterment

bereavement

blandishment

bombardment

celebrant

byzantine

consonant

clairvoyant

cognition

commandment

commencement

cognitive

cognizant

cocoanuts

complainant

combatant

complacent

commitment

compartment

complaisant

compliant

component

coherent

complement

consequent

concurrent

condiment

confident

comportment

concealment

confinement

confluent

consistent

consignment

contentment

entombment

equipment

consultant

convergent

conversant

convenient

contingent

covenant

crosscurrent

curtailment

debarment

decedent

decadent

debasement

cormorant

decimate

declarant

cosmetic

depressant

derailment

deferment

delinquent

deployment

defiant

deficient

department

deportment

determent

deterrent

detachment

detergent

detriment

deviant

diligent

dignity

disbarment

different

disbursement

discontents

discordant

discounter

discontent

discounters

disgorgement

displacement

disjointed

dissenter

dissenters

divalent

divergent

divestment

dominant

dogmatic

ebullient

eccentric

eccentrics

efferent

efficient

effluent

elegant

element

emergent

elephant

eloquent

embayment

embankment

endearment

eminent

emigrant

enactment

emplacement

enchantment

encroachment

employment

endowment

endorsement

enlistment

enjoyment

engagement

enrichment

enforcement

engrossment

enhancement

enlargement

enrollment

enslavement

enticement

cosmetics

entrenchment

containment

contestant

continent

escapement

essentials

esculent

essential

estrangement

excellent

evident

escarpment

garnishment

excrement

exponent

fascinate

fabricant

exultant

fascinates

filament

fluorescent

flatulent

fraudulent

flamboyant

government

exigent

existent

gradient

fulfillment

harassment

gigantic

impatient

hyacinth

immigrant

ignorant

ignition

ignited

hyacinths

impairment

imprudent

impotent

implement

important

improvement

impressment

impeachment

hackmatack

refinement

refreshment

incitement

inclement

indecent

indigent

indictment

indifferent

indignant

increment

incumbent

indolent

innocent

inducement

indulgent

informant

infrequent

infringement

inhalant

inherent

insolent

insistent

insolvent

insouciant

instrument

insurgent

inpatient

internment

investment

irritant

involvement

ligament

jubilant

lieutenant

lenient

litigant

lubricant

macintosh

magnetic

magnetics

reluctant

mackintosh

malignant

measurement

management

masonite

maltreatment

magnitude

magnitudes

militant

misanthrope

misconduct

miscreant

mishandles

mishandle

misjudgment

misstatement

mismatches

mistreatment

negligent

monument

nonpayment

nourishment

opponent

observant

oceanfront

omniscient

odorant

operant

occupant

ornament

nutrient

opulent

orpiment

osmotic

pageantry

passionate

parliament

peasantry

pegmatite

magnetron

permanent

presentment

persistent

postponement

petulant

prejudgment

prepayment

prescient

puzzlement

president

proponent

proficient

prevalent

provident

prurient

protestant

pronouncement

procurement

prominent

punishment

pursuant

purulent

quiescent

reagent

radiant

reagents

raconteur

recondite

recurrent

recruitment

recently

recommit

recommits

redolent

rekindle

magnetite

regiment

registrant

reignite

rejoinder

relevant

reliant

repayment

excitement

requirement

resentful

replacement

repugnant

resilient

resident

resistant

resonant

resultant

virulent

retrenchment

reverent

hesitant

sacrament

salient

secondhand

secondly

sediment

sentiment

stimulant

ruminant

reticent

sequential

sigmoidal

settlement

somnolent

signature

signatures

subsequent

sufficient

supplement

testament

tenement

tournament

tolerant

temperament

transparent

translucent

vigilant

supplicant

unpleasant

truculent

triumphant

turbulent

vehement

variant

vaccinate

violent

rudiment

huguenot

wonderment

huguenots

4 syllable words

abandonment

accentuate

accentuates

accommodate

accommodates

accomplishment

accountancy

accoutrement

accountable

acknowledgement

acquaintances

acquaintanceship

accompaniment

acquiescent

adolescent

advertisement

aggrandizement

ambivalent

antecedent

apportionment

astonishment

asymmetry

asymmetries

belligerent

beneficent

benevolent

bewilderment

coincident

byzantium

coefficient

concomitant

constituent

disenchantment

convalescent

correspondent

decentralize

decimation

deodorant

determinant

development

disengagement

disappointment

disagreement

diminishment

dignitaries

dignitary

disarmament

discontinue

discouragement

discountable

discontented

diaconate

disentangle

disinfectant

dismemberment

disinterest

disintegrate

disintegrates

disinterested

dissymmetry

disunity

dosimeters

dogmatism

dogmatically

dysentery

effervescent

embezzlement

embellishment

embarrassment

embodiment

endangerment

encouragement

enlightenment

entanglement

entertainment

entitlement

environment

equivalent

essentially

evanescent

expectorant

experiment

expedient

extravagant

exuberant

extinguishment

fascinated

fascinating

fascination

fecundity

exorbitant

exhumation

incipient

hacienda

grandiloquent

impediment

impertinent

impoverishment

inadvertent

incandescent

invariant

independent

inconsistent

ingredient

inefficient

inhabitant

inconvenient

insufficient

incontinent

intelligent

integument

intercurrent

intolerant

intermittent

intransigent

incompetent

legendary

iridescent

luminescent

itinerant

luxuriant

incoherent

locomotor

reenactment

locomotion

macintoshes

machination

machinations

isentropic

locomotive

establishment

magnificent

malevolent

mesenteric

misgovernment

mismanagement

misinterpret

misinterprets

misunderstand

nonresident

misunderstands

nonexistent

monovalent

noncombatant

nonviolent

obedient

omnipresent

obsolescent

omnipotent

overstatement

participant

passionately

percipient

predicament

preeminent

predominant

magnetism

reappointment

rearrangement

readjustment

reassignment

recalcitrant

recipient

reconnoitre

recantation

pagination

quasimodo

refrigerant

reinforcement

reinstatement

reinvestment

reimbursement

reminiscent

resettlement

replenishment

retirement

subservient

secondaries

secondary

self-confident

self-government

self-consistent

self-sufficient

signatories

signatory

significant

tetravalent

undercurrent

understatement

unemployment

vicinity

vaccination

vaccinations

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Words that rhyme with the word descendant

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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