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

abeyance

assistance

abhorrence

acquaintance

accordance

adherence

admittance

affluence

aliens

alliance

allegiance

assurance

abstinence

abundance

acceptance

annoyance

ambulance

appearance

alongside

audience

appliance

arrogance

attendance

avoidance

ascendance

balances

aspirants

balloonist

balloonists

belongings

belonging

bilingual

billowing

blanketing

almighty

bullying

bulimic

blemishes

challenger

challengers

challenges

chileans

challenging

clairvoyance

circumference

climactic

climaxes

clumsily

colonies

colonist

colonize

cognizance

colonists

colonized

columnist

columnists

comeuppance

concurrence

deviance

compliance

condolence

conference

confluence

connivance

conveyance

contrivance

confidence

congruence

conformance

consequence

countenance

defiance

defeasance

deference

delinquent

delinquents

dependence

deterrence

dialing

difference

dissidence

dissonance

eminence

diligence

dilemmas

disturbance

enactments

effluence

eloquence

emergence

elongate

endurance

excellence

evidence

existence

felonies

fluency

fluorescence

forbearance

furtherance

following

followings

galleons

governance

hellenic

hellenize

imminence

impatience

ignorance

illnesses

innocence

impedance

incidence

indulgence

importance

inductance

influence

inference

imprudence

insolence

insurance

issuance

long-distance

malfeasance

lubricants

maintenance

negligence

misstatements

mellowing

obeisance

occurrence

opulence

observance

ordinance

performance

palmistry

pestilence

polemic

pleonasm

plumages

glowingly

polemics

prevalence

insistence

polonaise

prescience

provenance

providence

preference

presidents

resemblance

residence

quintessence

reliance

remittance

resonance

reference

remembrance

repentance

relinquish

resistance

resurgence

reverence

salinas

reticence

schoolmaster

senescence

surveillance

sustenance

temperance

utterance

turbulence

submergence

vehemence

transference

toweling

variance

subsistence

vigilance

severance

violins

willingly

yellowing

6 syllable words

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Words that rhyme with the word silence

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


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