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

added

acrid

aged

amid

ardent

beaded

avid

barton

bated

bedded

belted

bladed

bested

birthing

blasted

birthmark

birthmarks

blinded

birdman

bloated

blunted

blooded

boarding

boardings

bonded

breaded

bounded

breasted

braided

breeding

breathing

britons

briton

braiding

breton

boredom

crested

broaden

broadens

brooding

candid

bruting

burdened

burton

burdens

burden

burdon

busted

cardoon

carton

cartons

cartoon

certain

cartoons

chested

clotted

coated

cordon

credence

booted

bordman

cretin

crowded

croutons

crusted

cupid

curtain

curtains

dated

dented

dotted

earthen

dreadnought

druid

euclid

eyelid

faded

haunted

farthing

fated

fielded

handed

footed

founded

flooded

folded

flaccid

fluid

forbid

fortin

fortunes

fortune

fortnights

fortnight

fourteen

fourteenth

fourteens

freetown

fretted

fronted

funded

freedoms

freedom

gated

gifted

granted

graded

freedman

fruiting

gardens

garden

grated

greetings

frosted

greeting

glutted

goaded

girding

grading

grating

guarded

grouting

hardened

harden

headed

hardens

harten

hearted

crouton

hearten

heated

hundred

hooded

hybrid

hoarding

humid

hurting

kindred

jointed

jaded

jordans

jordan

jorden

knotted

landed

leaded

learned

lighted

lifted

liquid

livid

minded

mated

listed

looted

martens

martins

marten

martin

martians

martian

masted

muted

needed

mounted

mordant

netted

noted

ordain

outbid

painted

padded

pasted

loaded

pardon

parted

parting

pardons

part-time

partner

pertain

partners

pertains

ordnance

planted

pitted

pointed

undid

placid

plaited

portends

portents

portent

rabid

rancid

portend

portion

prudence

prudent

portman

slotted

prudhomme

portions

putrid

proteins

protein

rapid

rounded

sainted

rigid

sacred

rooted

sanded

shafted

shirting

shortens

sardine

sighted

shredding

sided

sited

shrouded

sardines

shorthand

shrouding

skirting

shorten

wedded

turgid

stunted

stilted

treatments

spotted

stated

treadmills

stupid

timid

traded

treadmill

trading

threatens

tradings

tepid

treatment

trident

tartan

thirteenth

thirteen

thirteenths

threaten

triton

tufted

turbid

trodden

twisted

vested

vivid

valid

vapid

voided

verdin

witted

vaulted

verdant

warden

wardens

wooded

wretched

ported

wording

worsted

writing

writings

written

3 syllable words

accented

abstracted

aborted

accosted

affected

acquainted

aeneid

aerodyne

adopted

adjusted

appointed

arachnid

anhydride

ardently

assaulted

asserted

astounded

backhanded

bartenders

bartender

awaited

averted

assorted

baritones

baritone

belated

bigoted

bighearted

blockaded

blindfolded

besotted

boardinghouse

carotid

breadwinner

breadwinners

buffeted

burdensome

cardinal

cardinals

carpeted

certainties

certainty

cartoonists

certainly

castrated

chardonnay

chardonnays

completed

compounded

confounded

committed

compacted

conceded

congested

contented

connected

concerted

converted

credential

cortina

cortinas

court-martial

creation

cartoonist

creations

credentialed

credentials

credenza

deflected

dejected

deflated

croatians

decided

deducted

degraded

delighted

expanded

expended

depleted

deserted

devoted

departed

depicted

dilated

directed

disjointed

disgusted

disrupted

distracted

embedded

divided

dumbfounded

donated

earthenware

eroded

edited

enlisted

enchanted

encrusted

encrypted

duration

durations

exalted

exhausted

faceted

farsighted

firedamp

fragmented

fortunate

fortuna

fortnightly

freethinker

freethinkers

freudian

gardening

gardeners

gardenias

gardener

fruition

gradients

gordian

gradient

gyrations

guardian

guardians

gyration

hardeners

half-hearted

farthingale

hardener

hardening

croatian

high-minded

hominid

heralded

horatian

inserted

ignited

indebted

included

imploded

inflated

imported

impacted

interested

lamented

invalid

inverted

irritant

jacketed

irritants

katydid

keratin

leonid

left-handed

limited

mohammed

molested

long-winded

lopsided

ltd.

marathon

marathons

nearsighted

maritime

maritimes

mistreated

narration

outmoded

outfitted

orations

oration

ordinance

outdated

perfected

pigmented

persuaded

pelleted

pardoning

partnership

parthenon

partnerships

parthian

pertinent

polluted

pretension

pretensions

portmanteau

protracted

protean

provided

prudential

prudency

prudently

pyramid

puritans

puritan

reflected

related

rotated

red-handed

reverted

segmented

retarded

scrutiny

scrutinize

serrated

sardonic

short-winded

shortening

shortsighted

spirited

talented

suspected

subjected

surmounted

threatening

transported

targeted

truncated

tritium

unbounded

unfounded

undated

underbid

undoubted

undaunted

united

unlisted

urethane

wrongheaded

helmeted

7 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word pretended

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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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