Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word government.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 government.
3 syllable words

abridgement

absorbent

aberrant

abhorrent

abhorrence

abstinent

adjacent

abundant

achievement

accountant

adamant

adherent

accident

advancement

adornment

advisement

adjustment

affiant

adjutant

affluent

alignment

amendment

allotment

amusement

ambient

apartment

announcement

appeasement

annulment

appearance

applicant

ascendant

appointment

arraignment

armament

arrangement

argument

apprentice

arrogant

apprehend

aspirant

assortment

assignment

assistant

astringent

atonement

alliant

attendant

battlement

banishment

battlefront

beforehand

bereavement

blandishment

combatant

bombardment

bufferin

celebrant

clairvoyant

coherent

commandment

cognizant

commencement

commitment

compartment

complacent

complainant

comportment

concealment

consignment

compliant

contentment

component

containment

confident

confinement

contestant

consistent

consultant

convenient

confluent

consonant

continent

contingent

condiment

consequent

cormorant

complaisant

covering

coverings

debarment

crosscurrent

complement

curtailment

cyprian

declarant

decadent

decedent

defendant

detergent

derailment

department

dependent

deportment

defiant

deficient

deployment

depressant

descendant

descendent

delinquent

despondent

detachment

disbarment

deference

difference

deviant

detriment

differently

diapering

diligent

disbursement

discordant

disgorgement

enactment

displacement

divestment

employment

dissident

dominant

dissonant

effluent

element

efficient

ebullient

eloquent

embankment

elegant

elephant

emergent

embayment

emigrant

emplacement

eminent

enchantment

impairment

encroachment

endearment

endowment

engagement

enforcement

engrossment

enjoyment

enhancement

enlargement

enlistment

enrichment

enrollment

enslavement

enticement

entombment

entrenchment

equipment

escapement

escarpment

esculent

estrangement

evermore

everyone

evident

excitement

exigent

existent

excellent

excrement

expectant

exponent

filament

flamboyant

favoring

exultant

flatulent

fabricant

fluorescent

governing

garnishment

fraudulent

governor

governors

harassment

fulfillment

gradient

hesitant

hibernate

ignorant

endorsement

immanent

immigrant

imminent

impatient

impressment

important

imprudent

impeachment

improvement

implement

impotent

incessant

inclement

labyrinth

incitement

informant

inducement

indecent

indigent

increment

incumbent

indignant

indulgent

indolent

indictment

indifferent

infrequent

infringement

inhalant

inpatient

inherent

innocent

insistent

internment

insolent

insurgent

insouciant

instrument

insolvent

investment

involvement

irritant

jubilant

lubricant

lenient

nonpayment

ligament

lieutenant

litigant

laboring

malignant

maltreatment

management

misstatement

miscreant

militant

misjudgment

mistreatment

monument

nevermore

negligent

odorant

nutrient

nourishment

oceanfront

occupant

oberon

offering

offerings

opponent

overrun

overhung

overnight

ornament

orpiment

overhangs

overmatch

opulent

omniscient

overruns

overhang

papering

permanent

parliament

peppering

persistent

petulant

prepayment

precedent

prejudgment

prescient

prevalent

president

postponement

presentment

procurement

prominent

proficient

pronouncement

proponent

provident

prurient

purulent

protestant

puzzlement

punishment

pursuant

quiescent

radiant

reaffirm

reaffirms

violent

reagent

recruitment

reference

redundant

reformist

redolent

refinement

reformists

reformer

reformers

refreshment

relevant

regiment

reliant

registrant

reluctant

repayment

repellent

replacement

requirement

repugnant

resentment

repentant

resident

resilient

resistant

resonant

reprimand

resurgent

reticent

resultant

respondent

retrenchment

scuppernong

sediment

sacrament

rudiment

salient

ruminant

reprimands

settlement

sentiment

resplendent

sopranos

vigilant

somnolent

soprano

supplicant

sufficient

sufferings

suffering

subsequent

stimulant

supplement

superman

tenement

testament

tournament

temperament

transcendent

translucent

transparent

triumphant

tapering

truculent

variant

vehement

unpleasant

turbulent

uppermost

vibrancy

virulent

incident

4 syllable words

accompaniment

accomplishment

acknowledgement

acquiescent

advertisement

adolescent

affirmation

affirmative

affirmations

aforementioned

aggrandizement

ambivalent

antecedent

apparently

appearances

apportionment

apprentices

apprenticeship

apprehensive

apprenticeships

apprehension

apprehensions

astonishment

bavarian

belligerent

bewilderment

benevolent

beneficent

coefficient

coincident

concomitant

constituent

convalescent

copernican

covariance

correspondent

abandonment

deodorant

deformities

deferential

deformity

determinant

development

disagreement

dismemberment

differences

differentials

differential

discouragement

diminishment

disappointment

disengagement

disenchantment

disinfectant

disarmament

effervescent

effrontery

embellishment

embodiment

embarrassment

embezzlement

encouragement

endangerment

enlightenment

entertainment

entitlement

entanglement

environment

establishment

evanescent

equivalent

exorbitant

expectorant

expedient

experiment

exuberant

extravagant

extinguishment

governorship

governorships

grandiloquent

hibernation

hyperion

iberian

inadvertent

impertinent

impoverishment

impediment

incandescent

deformation

intermittent

inconvenient

independent

inconsistent

incontinent

inefficient

intercurrent

ingredient

insufficient

integument

intelligent

inhabitant

invariant

intolerant

intransigent

irreverent

itinerant

luxuriant

iridescent

liberian

liberians

incompetent

malevolent

luminescent

misgovernment

monovalent

mismanagement

magnificent

never-ending

noncombatant

labyrinthine

nonexistent

obsolescent

obedient

nonviolent

reappointment

incoherent

nonresident

overstatement

papier-mache

participant

pepperoni

percipient

predominant

predicament

preeminent

omnipresent

readjustment

omnipotent

reappearance

reassessment

reassignment

recipient

reenactment

referendums

references

referendum

reformation

reinvestment

reimbursement

refrigerant

reinforcement

reinstatement

reminiscent

recalcitrant

rearrangement

replenishment

resettlement

retirement

reverential

reverently

significant

self-government

self-sufficient

self-consistent

self-confident

siberian

subservient

superhuman

superimpose

supremacy

supremely

tetravalent

tabernacle

undercurrent

understatement

unemployment

incipient

6 syllable words
7 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word government

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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