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

millet

skillet

billet

polished

digit

midget

exit

biscuit

brisket

clear-cut

elect

giblet

helmet

molest

velvet

policed

triplet

hillside

bigot

bullet

civet

ingot

cricket

cullet

delight

frigate

glisten

gullet

helot

limit

minute

mullet

pellet

pivot

rebut

rivet

snippet

spigot

spirit

trinket

ticket

tippet

wicket

zealot

elects

hillsides

molests

temperate

calloused

calcite

ballast

chestnut

collect

corset

egret

leaflet

musket

pundit

secret

select

somewhat

cutlet

despot

lancet

pandit

separate

talbot

trumpet

uncut

walnut

bullshit

abut

ballot

becket

benet

beret

eyelet

facet

faucet

ferret

karat

legate

palate

palette

pallet

merit

parrot

peanut

pilot

tenet

toilet

wallet

plummet

edit

bucket

buffet

carat

cosset

puppet

covet

credit

summit

senate

sennet

alight

rennet

curate

ballasts

collects

groundnut

portrait

selects

template

wainscot

millstone

banquet

branchlet

bulkhead

argot

bandit

basket

bracelet

carpet

casket

charlotte

chocolate

delights

droplet

favorite

garnet

gasket

goblet

harlot

hamlet

magnate

magnet

market

orbit

polecat

scarlet

tablet

target

ulster

maelstrom

blanket

bulkheads

abbot

blister

climate

agate

bonnet

carrot

circuit

closet

comet

daylight

docket

donat

doughnut

ergot

faggot

gamut

granite

habit

hermit

jacket

maggot

packet

pirate

placid

planet

pocket

posit

private

profit

prophet

rabbit

rocket

sherbet

skylight

socket

sprocket

surfeit

tappet

turbot

twilight

unit

vomit

falstaff

gantlet

gauntlet

lancelet

milkweed

pamphlet

solstice

falsehood

hatchet

ratchet

blasted

blisters

closets

oilseed

hailstorm

bolster

holster

diet

poet

quiet

riot

turret

falsehoods

bolstered

bolsters

flagstaff

gallstone

hailstone

holstein

milestone

oilseeds

plastics

bluster

cluster

blackout

fluster

hailstones

milestones

gallstones

slighting

flagstaffs

blacktop

blastoff

closedown

clustered

clusters

daylights

flaccid

flaxseed

flusters

plastic

skylights

blasting

closedowns

flagstone

polecats

blockheads

blaster

cloister

placate

plaster

slightly

flagstones

cliched

blackouts

blockades

bluestone

cloistered

cloisters

plasters

blockhead

flighty

slaughter

blockade

placoid

slaughters

blackwood

3 syllable words

deficit

delicate

predicate

realist

election

inhibit

idiot

reluctant

ballistic

elaborate

infinite

intimate

realists

simulate

sultanate

ultimate

elections

baronet

definite

delighted

deposit

dualist

duelist

etiquette

geminate

halibut

inchoate

loyalist

royalist

tunicate

inherit

celestial

collection

selection

inhabit

lariat

literate

cheviot

chariot

prohibit

ballistics

illustrate

intricate

collegiate

quintuplet

accredit

collected

collections

delightful

duplicate

loyalists

molested

philistine

pickpocket

requisite

selections

falsity

molester

palisade

elector

illustrates

reelect

coalesced

violist

breadbasket

passionate

electron

graduate

incarnate

interpret

solstices

philistines

laureate

opiate

radiate

roseate

alternate

electro

electors

composite

disquiet

distillate

hazelnut

molesters

nihilists

palisades

scuttlebutt

undercut

violists

alsatian

fortunate

electrons

fluctuate

exquisite

accurate

collector

corporate

correlate

delegate

demerit

desolate

dialect

doctorate

falsetto

patriot

soloist

obdurate

pilaster

relegate

relocate

skyrocket

discredit

electrode

delighting

glistening

amulet

collectors

consulate

consummate

delegates

moderate

adequate

dialects

elastic

elective

surrogate

estimate

falsettos

newmarket

pilasters

proximate

soloists

electrodes

electrics

postulate

allocate

animate

blessedly

cabinet

electric

laminate

nominate

numerate

opposite

blistering

advocate

affricate

aggregate

allocates

collective

pleistocene

galactic

scholastic

selective

obstinate

talkative

placidly

blustering

wastebasket

blastoderm

galactose

glaciate

blockaded

blockaders

plastering

blockader

plasterer

slaughterhouse

plasterwork

fluctuates

flycatcher

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word illicit

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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