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

respecting

repellent

displacement

impressment

investment

resplendent

consultant

contestant

despondent

excitement

exponent

exultant

important

inclement

misstatement

respondent

resentment

transparent

ascendant

assessment

defendant

depressant

incident

insolent

excellent

repugnant

suspected

apparent

dissident

dissonant

irritant

pickpocket

exigent

militant

impatient

inpatient

insurgent

contentment

enslavement

infrequent

instrument

recurrent

excrement

mistreatment

disbarment

department

enactment

implement

incitement

indifferent

indignant

insouciant

internment

presentment

imprudent

requirement

resurgent

endearment

equipment

escapement

insolvent

transcendent

unpleasant

combatant

accident

accountant

attendant

deployment

derailment

discernment

ebullient

immigrant

indolent

miscreant

pickpockets

redundant

resilient

resistant

stimulant

testament

truculent

delinquent

impeachment

indulgent

refreshment

aspirant

entrenchment

estrangement

deferment

detachment

suspicions

involvement

determent

improvement

deterrent

fluorescent

ignorant

immanent

indigent

filament

infringement

imminent

inhalant

inherent

litigant

prepayment

repayment

comportment

virulent

compartment

ligament

misjudgment

amendment

apartment

appointment

assortment

commencement

complacent

complainant

complaisant

concealment

consignment

containment

deficient

deportment

detergent

different

diligent

discordant

disgorgement

divestment

efficient

emergent

employment

encroachment

enlargement

especial

indictment

informant

nourishment

procurement

recruitment

retrenchment

suspicion

temperament

vigilant

abatement

appeasement

amazement

abundant

assignment

assistant

attainment

compliant

component

debarment

disposals

nonpayment

persistent

puzzlement

tournament

consonant

observant

orpiment

sacrament

supplement

wonderment

covenant

escarpment

decadent

punishment

decedent

attachment

opponent

assailant

hesitant

proponent

lieutenant

adjournment

government

disposal

banishment

aberrant

disaffect

innocent

convergent

concurrent

postponement

advisement

amusement

commandment

complement

confinement

consistent

operant

defiant

efferent

prescient

convenient

increment

incumbent

inducement

replacement

disbursement

quiescent

reverent

absorbent

enticement

prejudgment

adjutant

existent

especially

proficient

translucent

sufficient

reliant

variant

adornment

agreement

alignment

allotment

curtailment

debasement

dispossessed

esculent

atonement

indecent

registrant

occupant

protestant

sentiment

garnishment

adjustment

refinement

resultant

blandishment

opulent

bombardment

reagent

emplacement

engrossment

enlistment

exposures

achievement

omniscient

element

evident

harassment

effluent

elegant

prevalent

redolent

abstinent

clairvoyant

crosscurrent

elephant

purulent

pronouncement

arraignment

betterment

cormorant

divalent

eminent

arrogant

relevant

tenement

announcement

entombment

reticent

sediment

resonant

adjacent

divergent

exposure

flatulent

fraudulent

measurement

petulant

regiment

emigrant

endowment

abridgement

oceanfront

prurient

enrichment

eloquent

afferent

alliant

odorant

embayment

deviant

lenient

pursuant

applicant

celebrant

commitment

confluent

conversant

detriment

malignant

settlement

vehement

tolerant

fabricant

contingent

exposes

monument

advancement

endorsement

enforcement

negligent

astringent

enjoyment

enhancement

management

enchantment

affluent

subsequent

auspices

bereavement

battlefront

flamboyant

consequent

precedent

president

enrollment

provident

resident

rudiment

fulfillment

triumphant

coherent

engagement

annulment

continent

supplicant

backpacker

battlement

lubricant

violent

adherent

embankment

abhorrent

adamant

despises

disabuse

disposes

dominant

hospices

jubilant

nutrient

permanent

prominent

ruminant

ornament

armament

cognizant

condiment

confident

somnolent

parliament

turbulent

maltreatment

affiant

disposer

gradient

recipes

salient

radiant

arrangement

ambient

argument

occupies

disfigured

pacifists

disfigure

pacifist

jukeboxes

pacific

4 syllable words

expectation

incompetent

independent

impediment

respectively

intercurrent

invariant

iridescent

reassessment

inconsistent

irreverent

disaffection

disappointment

reinstatement

reinvestment

dispassionate

dismemberment

incandescent

recalcitrant

equivalent

impertinent

inadvertent

intermittent

reenactment

expositions

mismanagement

accoutrement

extravagant

exposition

acquiescent

coincident

dispositions

liquefaction

disaffected

evanescent

insufficient

effervescent

incipient

predominant

intelligent

misbegotten

accompaniment

embarrassment

environment

exorbitant

integument

disposition

accomplishment

misgovernment

bewilderment

concomitant

development

disagreement

disarmament

disengagement

ingredient

obsolescent

omnipotent

reappointment

replenishment

resettlement

equivocal

predicament

understatement

exuberant

intolerant

malevolent

reassignment

extinguishment

subservient

inhabitant

determinant

benevolent

impoverishment

disenchantment

correspondent

refrigerant

abandonment

embezzlement

omnipresent

incontinent

retirement

overstatement

preeminent

unemployment

embellishment

antecedent

nonresident

participant

self-confident

deodorant

luxuriant

intransigent

discouragement

equivocate

luminescent

adolescent

disposable

readjustment

dispositive

diminishment

disfigurement

inefficient

noncombatant

itinerant

percipient

recipient

apportionment

disposables

belligerent

convalescent

reimbursement

coefficient

ambivalent

establishment

incoherent

undercurrent

nonexistent

reinforcement

monovalent

beneficent

astonishment

asphyxiates

aggrandizement

magnificent

inconvenient

constituent

encouragement

entertainment

enlightenment

asphyxiate

grandiloquent

entitlement

reminiscent

despicable

acknowledgement

self-consistent

self-sufficient

obedient

pacifism

significant

tetravalent

embodiment

entanglement

rearrangement

endangerment

self-government

advertisement

nonviolent

pacifico

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word expectant

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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