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

pregnant

segment

pungent

tangent

trenchant

judgment

penchant

stringent

urgent

entrant

agent

pageant

extant

brilliant

ailment

remnant

pigment

vagrant

valiant

fragrant

flagrant

fragment

pendant

stagnant

ancient

besant

clement

covent

cr.

crescent

errant

gallant

parent

peasant

pedant

pennant

pheasant

pleasant

present

sergeant

talent

tenant

transient

instant

regent

merchant

patient

lakefront

cogent

absent

migrant

affront

basement

distant

infant

neglect

shipment

statement

pavement

placement

rampant

solvent

arrant

catchment

blatant

latent

nascent

necklace

patent

payment

silent

vacant

servant

serpent

verdant

coolant

courant

durant

fervent

flippant

manhunt

claimant

confront

constant

forefront

ointment

quotient

vigils

neglects

client

pliant

current

giant

ardent

convent

dormant

easement

frequent

garment

hydrant

mordant

movement

poignant

quadrant

sequent

treatment

vibrant

decent

docent

giggles

juggles

moment

provant

prudent

recent

strident

tyrant

vessels

student

bagels

eccles

gaslight

piquant

potent

rodent

shekels

squiggles

torrent

trident

warrant

wiggles

bushels

facials

parchment

axles

backlogs

buoyant

dislikes

fluent

rascals

truant

visuals

backlog

beagles

boggles

buckles

bugles

chisels

chuckles

dislike

eagles

fizzles

goggles

googles

guzzles

hackles

hassles

legals

mickles

missiles

moguls

muscles

mussels

muzzles

nickels

nickles

nuzzles

ogles

pickles

puzzles

shackles

sickles

tackles

tickles

tussles

vassals

backlash

exiles

equals

sequels

highlight

eggshells

disclosed

cockles

cycles

fossils

highlights

locals

measles

nozzles

recluse

regales

vocals

weasels

disclose

assails

gazelles

resells

weeklies

seashells

excels

foxholes

casals

locales

recalls

recoils

resales

3 syllable words

indigent

management

misjudgment

petulant

enlargement

existent

exultant

implement

temperament

abridgement

contingent

engagement

enrichment

accident

cognizant

endowment

impotent

incident

indolent

insolent

parliament

reluctant

sacrament

tournament

applicant

truculent

turbulent

settlement

stimulant

adamant

covenant

dissident

dissonant

effluent

hesitant

immanent

imminent

innocent

irritant

permanent

precedent

president

resident

reticent

virulent

convergent

insurgent

enlistment

excrement

reliant

deficient

flatulent

alliant

detergent

efficient

emergent

resurgent

abstinent

argument

disgorgement

complement

consultant

employment

increment

incumbent

astringent

prejudgment

subsequent

abundant

agreement

alignment

allotment

compliant

annulment

armament

battlement

condiment

confident

consonant

continent

deployment

ebullient

embayment

lubricant

occupant

opulent

ornament

orpiment

puzzlement

redundant

somnolent

enjoyment

enforcement

arrangement

clairvoyant

endorsement

detachment

impatient

affluent

dominant

prominent

decedent

entrenchment

instrument

ignorant

betterment

jubilant

inherent

infringement

inpatient

ruminant

enslavement

escarpment

adjacent

backlashes

battlefront

complacent

complainant

complaisant

consequent

defiant

despondent

disbarment

discordant

efferent

enactment

enchantment

encroachment

endearment

enhancement

enrollment

enticement

equipment

excitement

exponent

fulfillment

important

incitement

indictment

indifferent

informant

insistent

measurement

nourishment

occlusion

prescient

regiment

replacement

requirement

respondent

reverent

salient

seclusion

translucent

variant

vehement

violent

delinquent

impeachment

derailment

curtailment

discernment

esculent

indecent

miscreant

resilient

reagent

debarment

emigrant

protestant

resistant

resultant

engrossment

displacement

emplacement

banishment

estrangement

adjournment

involvement

ambient

arraignment

determent

aspirant

bereavement

deferment

deterrent

eyeglasses

flamboyant

harassment

necklaces

purulent

triumphant

repellent

recollect

insouciant

embankment

insolvent

resentment

exclusions

department

imprudent

presentment

internment

vigilant

coherent

retrenchment

misstatement

neglectful

adjutant

commencement

disbursement

inducement

fraudulent

entombment

divergent

sufficient

amendment

concealment

divestment

escapement

blandishment

registrant

afferent

affiant

refreshment

gradient

different

legalese

prurient

exclusion

adjustment

pursuant

recurrent

quiescent

radiant

tolerant

ascendant

attendant

commitment

confluent

defendant

dependent

descendant

persistent

recollects

repentant

repugnant

immigrant

assistant

descendent

malignant

monument

assessment

maltreatment

mistreatment

improvement

bombardment

contentment

infrequent

investment

divalent

nutrient

opponent

fluorescent

proponent

attachment

punishment

aberrant

concurrent

government

abhorrent

achievement

inhalant

apparent

lieutenant

adherent

litigant

assailant

consistent

contestant

indignant

transcendent

impairment

proficient

socialist

garnishment

abatement

amazement

appeasement

deviant

assignment

atonement

accountant

attainment

combatant

component

conversant

debasement

declarant

depressant

fabricant

incessant

refinement

observant

wonderment

lenient

impressment

postponement

expectant

resplendent

omniscient

socialists

ticklish

absorbent

adornment

advisement

amusement

announcement

assortment

containment

apartment

dislocate

repayment

appointment

commandment

consignment

rudiment

convenient

cyclist

confinement

deportment

pronouncement

provident

inclement

transparent

prepayment

vocalist

procurement

recruitment

unpleasant

pugilist

compartment

vocalists

cyclicals

cyclists

advancement

nonpayment

odorant

operant

comportment

tagalog

fuselage

azaleas

cormorant

crosscurrent

oceanfront

casuals

vehicles

oculist

disclosures

legalize

socialize

fossilized

localized

reclusive

disclosure

visualize

discloses

dyslexic

eclectic

fossilize

vocalize

bucolic

localize

exclusive

cyclical

equalize

4 syllable words

intelligent

belligerent

evanescent

reminiscent

encouragement

beneficent

ecologist

preeminent

refrigerant

enlightenment

integument

development

embellishment

acknowledgement

mismanagement

significant

self-sufficient

magnificent

tetravalent

adolescent

determinant

effervescent

iridescent

malevolent

predicament

predominant

benevolent

coincident

discouragement

ecologists

insufficient

entitlement

embezzlement

intransigent

grandiloquent

incandescent

exorbitant

entanglement

ambivalent

antecedent

convalescent

disarmament

embodiment

endangerment

equivalent

impediment

impertinent

luxuriant

nonresident

obsolescent

resettlement

self-consistent

aggrandizement

extravagant

inconsistent

self-confident

self-government

exuberant

incoherent

inhabitant

luminescent

recollections

incipient

nonviolent

advertisement

impoverishment

rearrangement

abandonment

accompaniment

declassify

embarrassment

inefficient

environment

incompetent

incontinent

recalcitrant

recollection

experiment

accomplishment

misgovernment

nonexistent

establishment

replenishment

disengagement

bewilderment

concomitant

disagreement

participant

ingredient

omnipotent

inadvertent

intermittent

coefficient

disillusion

readjustment

intercurrent

intolerant

reassessment

monovalent

declassified

diminishment

dislocations

inconvenient

disappointment

noncombatant

unemployment

ecology

entertainment

dismemberment

reinforcement

dislocation

percipient

expedient

obedient

extinguishment

recipient

reenactment

reimbursement

irreverent

legalism

retirement

fuselages

invariant

basilica

reassignment

disenchantment

reinstatement

reinvestment

majolica

mycology

correspondent

expectorant

overstatement

doxologies

reappointment

itinerant

doxology

constituent

accoutrement

acquiescent

cyclosporine

disinfectant

independent

miscalculate

oscilloscope

subservient

undercurrent

apportionment

astonishment

oscilloscopes

miscalculates

omnipresent

deodorant

understatement

pugilistic

pugilism

socialistic

equalizer

excelsior

vocalizes

dislocated

equalizes

socialism

6 syllable words

Words that rhyme with the word negligent

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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

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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
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  • 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.

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