Rhymes Here is a list of the words that rhyme with the word residence.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 residence.
1 syllable words
2 syllable words

absence

acton

actions

acting

action

asthma

astound

balance

baston

bastions

austin

basting

bastion

auctions

auction

astounds

bookstand

cadence

caxton

boston

casting

boughten

castings

boasting

bookstands

clarence

clearance

clemence

chestnuts

chastened

chestnut

coasting

chasten

conscience

custom

credence

costing

customs

costume

costumes

destin

diction

dictum

distance

distant

disdained

disdains

disdain

distend

eighteens

distinct

eighteenth

dustman

dukedom

eighteen

entrance

essence

esteem

hastens

extant

extend

extent

extends

heighten

extinct

fictions

fastened

fiction

fasten

factions

festoon

faction

faustian

fighting

eyestone

guidance

florence

grievance

hasten

fightings

heightens

hindrance

hosting

instance

listens

lasting

lactone

license

lighten

lightens

lightman

lighting

lightning

keystones

listen

lightnings

listing

keystone

listings

nuisance

nekton

mustangs

nightmares

mustang

nighttime

nighttimes

ordnance

octane

nightmare

parlance

pittance

moisten

patience

plaisance

ousting

penance

pistons

piston

pastime

peacetime

pectin

postman

postmark

posting

postings

pastimes

question

prudence

province

questions

ragtime

rectum

resting

semblance

sentence

sections

section

sequence

science

roasting

right-hand

sexton

shakedown

wisdom

shakedowns

substance

suction

silence

sixteenths

sixteens

sistine

sixteenth

sixteen

sustain

systems

system

tasting

tastings

sustained

sustains

teston

testing

tightens

tighten

sightings

toasting

touchdown

touchdowns

treasons

valence

vestment

vesting

twisting

vestments

victim

victims

sighting

wasting

yachting

3 syllable words

abundance

abhorrence

abeyance

acceptance

abstinence

academe

accident

adherence

admittance

accidents

accordance

acquaintance

acetone

affluence

allegiance

alliance

assistance

allowance

ambulance

ascendance

appliance

aspirants

annoyance

assurance

asthmatics

asthmatic

astonish

astounded

avoidance

attendance

audience

auctioneer

astounding

auctioneers

begotten

comeuppance

causation

besetting

bystander

bystanders

cessation

clairvoyance

circumference

cognizance

compliance

concurrence

confidence

condolence

connivance

conveyance

contrivance

congruence

consequence

conference

conformance

customer

customers

costumer

customize

costumers

dalliance

confluence

countenance

deference

dependence

defiance

destinies

destiny

deterrence

deviance

difference

diligence

dissident

dissidents

dissonance

distances

disdainful

distemper

distinctions

distinction

distinguish

distinctive

echidna

distinctly

effluence

disturbance

eloquence

emergence

endurance

enactments

equations

distinguished

equation

equating

estimate

estimates

excellence

extender

extensions

extenders

extension

excitement

exciting

extensive

extinctions

exceeding

extinction

extinguish

extinguished

fastener

fictional

fasteners

fastening

fastenings

governance

guesstimates

furtherance

fluorescence

guesstimate

fustian

forbearance

fixation

defeasance

preference

prescience

ignorance

imprudence

incidence

imminence

impatience

impedance

importance

inductance

inference

innocence

indulgence

influence

insistence

insolence

long-distance

issuance

insurance

listening

lecithin

lastingly

lightening

listener

istanbul

listeners

locations

locating

location

macadam

lubricants

liechtenstein

maintenance

malfeasance

ligation

misstatements

negligence

nicotine

nightingale

occident

occurrence

negation

obeisance

nightmarish

observance

ordinance

opulence

pestilence

performance

positions

position

postmaster

postnatal

post-mortem

postmasters

providence

provenance

pseudonym

pseudonyms

questioner

questioners

questionnaire

quintessence

reactions

remembrance

questionnaires

reaction

reference

rectangles

rectangle

remittance

repentance

resemblance

resurgence

reverence

reliance

sectional

senescence

right-handed

severance

visiting

subsistence

submergence

succeeding

surveillance

temperance

sustenance

tectonics

systemic

tectonic

taxation

testament

testaments

ticketing

toastmaster

tolerance

utterance

transference

vehemence

turbulence

vacations

vacation

vigilance

victimize

violence

vocation

vocations

6 syllable words

Help Us Improve this Tool

We would LOVE to hear your FEEDBACK on this tool!

Words that rhyme with the word residence

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

Rhyming Dictionary


Cite This Article

Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

WORD SCRAMBLE. THE WORD FINDER located on the website https://www.thewordfinder.com/